I'm okay with spiders, so long as they kill the cockroaches. Cockroaches.. Grrrr. Those creepy little busterds gives me the fear of death itself! And I'm 5'7 in height! Can you believe a giant could be so afraid of tiny little things? Well, my relatives and friends don't! Their crue japes of 'Let's-Prank-The-Giant-By-Bombarding-Him-With-Dead-Roaches!' will be come back at them tenfold I tell you!

Errr, point being I am a giant among my peers and have a shameful fear of roaches. And even if I have a bug-slaying spray in my hand, I'd rather take flight than fight.

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@stargelman: What happened, exactly?

ureniashtram - a man with neo-nazi links set off a car bomb in central Oslo then shot a lot of people at a political youth rally on an island not far from it. The death toll is somewhere just shy of 100 at the moment. Take a look at almost any western news network.

Starge - yes it makes you think. For all the worry about unpleasant forms of Islam (and they certianly exist) the west cultivates its own share of problems. As for facism I suppose the question is where is the line drawn? There's only so much you can restrict free speach and most neo-nazi/ supremist/ facist views will try to feed off their being banned rather than being squashed out in the open but reasoned argument. But then on the other hand there are a portion of people who don't take reason, as this has shown.

Sympathies to those affected, of course.

What saddens me is that this terrorist, like other terrorists of the right, left, and both-at-the-same-time before him...AS WELL AS terrorists of the non-political kind, such as mass murderers, serial killers, child molesters...are slowly, case by case, turning human societies into societies based upon suspicion of one's fellow man, and societies in which the power of government to police, regulate, and investigate its citizens keeps growing - as it must, to fight terrorism in all its forms.

The Norwegian Prime Minister commented that his Paradise has turned into Hell. How true, and not just for Norway.

On behalf of my fellow coutrymen I thank you for your sympathies. As you can probably Imagine I'm in a state of shock at the moment, my cousin was one of the 87 people killed this friday on Utøya (another 7 were killed by the homemade fertilizer bomb in Oslo).

The last day's have been very difficult not only for me on a personal level, but for Norwegians as a whole. These last day's we've all been brothers and sisters standing together unified through our grief, so we must always remember that though we have different backgroudns and views like religion, etnicity, languages and political opinions we are all children of the same earth,

Tomorrow at 12 o'clock (Norwegian time) the country will be joined in one minute silence, I hope that those of you who can will join us in respect for the dead.

Tellie571 out.

Dear Tellie! I'm sooooo sorry to hear about your cousin! It's a difficult time for you and your family, as well as your countrymen. My thoughts and prayers go to you, your family, and your fellow Norwegians at this horrible time. Take care of yourself!

Bless you, Tellie- and all who are affected by this tragedy. My thoughts have been of you and our other Norwegian friends these last days. I have always hoped that, in its own way, Chorrol can be part of the process of bringing all of us closer together. It has been my great joy to have made friends from across the world- and as close as my own backyard- through the magic of this community.

The flip side of that is that terrible events no longer just happen to "other people," but to my friends. Perhaps, with more of that sense of community encompassing the world, there will be fewer tragedies. For now, we hold you and your family in our hearts.

Tellie, I don't know what to say. I'm sorry this has happened to you and your country.

Tellie, I stand with the rest of your Forum Family in passing along my deepest sympathy for you and your family as well as your fellow countrymen. We are holding you close in our hearts.

Tellie, you have my deepest sympathy. Many around the world will share your moment of silence. Please know that we are lifting you up in our hearts as you and your family grieve for your cousin, and in the time to come as you deal with what comes when a tragedy is brought about by violence. I am so sorry for your loss, Tellie. My heart breaks for you and your countrymen.

True story: My Maternal Grandfather was a German Jew immigrant to America in 1926. Fifteen years later he was in the American Army on the shores of Germany fighting Nazi's.

This perpetrator is a representative of a dying age in the world, an age where we fight each other for our differences instead of unifying with our similarities.

My sympathies to everyone's loss in this tragic time.

Sympathies and prayers for you, Tellie, and all those who were affected in this tragedy.

My sincere condolences to our fellow Nords for the terrible events that unfolded in Oslo today.

Anyways, on a lighter note, I just finished with importing my Fallout 3 install back to my hard drive. Again, all is exactly as I left it when my previous PC was lost, it was just a matter of reinstalling the game (to put all the needed APIs and registry entries back in) and replacing the old game data folder my previous game data folder.

Now, starting the game the normal way is likely going to lead to the famous "Ordinal 5360" error at this point because I have not installed the GFWL update needed, but I'm not going to because I can simply use FOSE to bypass the GFWL functionality. No reason to use it at all, since I purchased my copy GOTY.

So far, performance has seen the usual increase due to the massively improved CPU in my machine (Sandy Bridge vs. Core 2 architecture, it makes a helluva difference) and the game reloaded my previous save without fuss and didn't experience any terrible instability during my 10 minute romp in the Wasteland, so I think I'm solid here.

By the way Beth, thank you for fixing the HDR + AA issue in Fallout 3! I know, I could bypass it in Oblivion by forcing AA through my video drivers, but now even that is off the table due to OBGE's presence. Simple story, OBGE needs the depth buffer to work, and that conflicts with GPU Anti-Aliasing, since it need the depth buffer, too. DX9 only allows for one program at a time to use the depth buffer, so that means no more AA in Oblivion ever for me aside from shader solutions, which tend to blur the image as a side-effect.

Oh Tellie, I am so sorry! My heart goes out to you and your family, and to all who suffered or were affected by this.

That was a horrible thing that happened, if only the police had been able to react faster. The sickest part is that Norway has no death penalty to properly punish the sadistic prick.

Oh I think death is too quick and painless for him. In case there isn't a hell, lets make him suffer as much as possible before he goes.

hhmm, Hang him by his toes, cover him with honey and let the ants have at him.....and whatever other carrion eaters should happen by...

Actually Norway has death penalty. For High Treason and Crimes against the people, the government or King can order the prisoner to be brought to trial under military law (crimes during wartime/judged by military law). Then he can potentially found guilty and have to face death by firing squad.

They are already discussing whether to try him under peacetime laws or wartime, (longest sentece during war time is 30 years, after that firing squad).

Me I say that he is locked up for the rest of his life. Keeping someone locked up is far more inhumane than a quick death, and he deserves it.

Rant over.

Again thank you so much for your support, it is great to see how many friends we truly have here at chorrol.

Chorrol is and always has been my favorite fan forum, I just wish it was more active these days. It actually has picked up a little from what it was like a year ago or so but isn't and won't be as active as before OB came out.

I think that's part of its charm. Agreed it was way to slow a year ago, but it has enough going on now, maybe a few more active members would be nice but it moves. I can't be bothered with bigger forums which move too quickly. Poaching prize members from the other forum was an inspired idea by Trey, kept this place going with out it ended up like the other forums (which I've never even bothered to join).

Might see a bit of a surge as Skyrim gets closer too...

Personally, I like our little community. Get too big and you end up with the dreaded trolls and flamers, since we'd be so big. Right now were a small, close community. Everyone gets along well and we have no flamers. But lately...

Anyone else notice some of our recent new members being banned? Good to know we have active moderators and stuff!