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Just finished reading all the Writes. My memory is awful, so I wrote summaries to remind me what each story was about. Thought others might find them useful for reference? If not, just ignore them. I'm mostly going to avoid making substantive criticisms or suggestions. But I distilled some of the questions and (the mostly positive/encouraging) thoughts I jotted down while reading. SPOILERS AHOY!

Copy Ninian SR, and Series 8 Tharja and Chrom as already mentioned. I was also struck by the art for Lilina's SR+. Hector's SR+ is neat too. No idea if they're any good though. Only managed to play a couple times.

Unfortunately it looks like sensibly self-serving policy. The incident in Rotterdam was after the revocation of the foreign minister's landing permission, right? And the AKP have already trying to drum up support at home and publicity amongst the Turkish diaspora in Europe for Erdogan's power-grab referendum. Surely it was anticipated provoking another incident would accomplish this by creating an excuse to berate the Netherlands for insulting Turkish democracy, which has obviously made both national and international news. I mean, the threat of Turkey imposing sanctions isn't credible. Hell, the Netherlands invests in Turkey more than any other country. But even the opposition is condemning the Netherlands. So it's evident this conflict has succeeded in capturing politically significant nationalist passions amongst Turks (at least in Turkey). Of course it ought be fairly considered whether the Dutch politicians involved should have acted differently, or if current laws are inadequate for this situation. But I don't believe the Netherlands behaved strangely. The demonstration was stopped because of the threat to public safety as a result of the manner in which the demonstration was being held. So I guess it depends on how how you weigh freedom of speech and assembly versus public safety concern, and in this case if you trust how the public safety risk was determined. As for how to deal with Turkey's provocations... in a sense, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria (so far) are being treated like pawns, whether or not they allow demonstrations, though none of it unwittingly, and I'm not convinced any real action would be helpful. I would think it's best for them to hold their ground diplomatically, let these events blow over, and see what happens after Turkey has its referendum. But I'm really curious what others think the response should be, especially you Netherlanders!

Well at least you know it's probably not your computer then...

Nice find! Okay, so basically, hypothetically, if this is actually the problem... the computer might be using an integrated GPU by default to save power instead of the 860. When you run a game through Steam it switches to the 860, which is why RE7 runs great. But it doesn't know to make the switch when you run something like Dolphin. This would be a driver problem. Again, I have no idea if this is actually the problem. It might be fixed, or it might not be otherwise relevant. But if there's a way to check GPU usage in SteamOS, that might help you see if this might indeed be what's actually going on. If it is, is there a way to select the GPU in Dolphin? Or I guess you could try running Dolphin directly through the Steam application and seeing if that makes a difference (but you might run into problems with OpenGL). That's the best hypothetically possible explanation I can offer without getting even more horrifically and irresponsibly out of my depth. Sorry.

That's surprising. I got FE9 (though not F10) to run at a playable speed on my low-end Chromebook. It seems the Alienware Steam Machine uses an unspecified nVidia GPU. If it's a notebook GPU, maybe you're running into a problem with Optimus...? I really have no idea; just found that through Google, sorry. I assume you've fiddled with the backend in Dolphin's Graphics Settings?

I was wondering the same thing. I ended up sending Tangerine a Google Docs link as I remember a fair number of stories last year were hosted on Google Docs. I later figured I would invite Vincent into my message to Tangerine on February 3rd if she hasn't managed to respond by then.

Easily solved. Just send diseases further back in time first!

Hm, I've been thinking I really ought to give Gaiden a go. How long did it take you to beat?

I voted for Sophia. The site said "Choose Your Legends" so I thought I'd get multiple votes at once. Seems it doesn't quite work that way.

It's about time too. This is the first main series Fire Emblem with a simultaneous American/European release, right?

How was this handled in the original? Do you play different chapters with each army until they inevitably unify?

The 2016 games I played this year in 2016 are Fire Emblem Birthright, Zero Time Dilemma, Final Fantasy XV, and The Last Guardian. Of those, I enjoyed Final Fantasy XV best. I loved learning about the characters during combat and through side-quests. The writers did a great job of making me care about them. I also think the ending was strong (though a bit... swift). Chapter 13 was brilliant, though I've not found many people who agree with me. I needed a couple days' breather after beating the game before I was emotionally prepared to jump into the post-game content, but the extra dungeons and hunts have since kept me hooked. I also think it's great there were so many language options on the disc; though unlike Ebony I preferred the Japanese dub, or rather I was put off by the English localization. Anyways, I've been enjoying the hell out of this game. I spent most of 2016 studying so I couldn't play much else. The only other games I played are To The Moon and LittleBigPlanet 3. Neither outshone FFXV for me. I might have more time next year though. We have Witcher 3 on the shelf, and I'd like to give FFXIV or the new Dark Souls a go, among other games.

Aww, this is cute. Was going to crib your site until I saw the legal disclaimer. Damn it. Anyways, how does it feel announcing the official launch of Suicune's Crystal Domain after fourteen years of development?

Have you posted it yet? You don't have much to worry about. If you're using English, American address standards are fine. Local carriers will interpret the following without any issues: Attn to Force of Will Kobe Central Post Office 650-8799 JAPAN If you want to use Japanese, write: 〒650-8799 神戸中央郵便局留 Force of Will事務局担当宛 JAPAN Edit: The forum keeps adding extra newlines to my posts. 8[

It's excellent to see you have excellent taste in food.

I wish I could play this! Anyone tried running it in Wine? I gave it a shot but Vesteria gave me an SRPG Studio error. So I tried running the SRPG Studio free trial. Everything worked until I tried a test play and got the same error. Might just have to use another machine.

Kana Guy Maria Selkie? Nowi Wil Tiltyu. Inigo!

Don't worry. The UN will not take over the US's role. And other countries will not gain the power to take down websites. This is actually a good thing. The US Department of Commerce created ICANN in order to globally democratize namespace and address management under a consensus based multistakeholding model. This means no one country manages or controls the Internet. ICANN works well, and with a little fine-tuning along the way has been working well for two decades. So the DoC, having fulfilled its goal, is letting ICANN be run by the multistakeholders who have done so well with it. The DoC isn't giving its power of oversight over ICANN to anyone; it's eliminating them entirely because they're no longer needed. What this means is nothing changes except no one has to worry about the US possibly exercising undue control over ICANN for political reasons. This bolsters trust in ICANN, ensuring democratic governance of the Internet continues. Again, this is a good thing.

I also had no idea there was a mobile version (though I've silently wished there were one).

I found a mistake on the wiki. Abel's card page gives him the title "Verdant Knight". https://serenesforest.net/wiki/index.php/Abel_(Cipher) But in the Starter Deck 1 card list, his title is "Verdent Knight". https://serenesforest.net/wiki/index.php/Starter_Deck_1:_War_of_Darkness "Verdent" should be corrected to "Verdant". I apologize if this is the wrong place to mention mistakes on the wiki.

I imagine the only PM who wouldn't be completely screwed would be one campaigning under the promise to keep the UK in the EU (if a general election were to be called by Parliament). Their being elected could reasonably be considered a democratic mandate to ignore the referendum result after a period of national regret. Edit: I don't think this is likely. But it's a possibility and what I personally hope happens.

When people talk about the migrant crisis in Europe, they're talking about the increase in asylum seekers entering Europe. The UK was never in Schengen and would never have been party to any EU-wide refugee distribution process. Its separate border controls are why, for example, the camp in Calais exists. The UK was actually in an extraordinarily privileged position with regards to the migrant crisis.Edit: Also, Irysa's last post is excellent. It should be thoroughly considered by anyone who assumes the EU was an oppressive government the UK has just unshackled itself from.

Yes. But in return, most all British citizens likewise had the right to move to any other EEA country. There's also the argument that EEA immigration was a net positive for the UK economically as many migrants filled unpopular labor niches and were younger workers who paid more into the welfare state than they took out. They also shared a closer cultural heritage than many non-EU migrants and some, such as the Poles, were I think ultimately perceived to be assimilating quite well (though this is subjective). Of course overall this is a complex issue. Though I'll note non-EU immigration continued to rise even though the UK had control over that. The terrorism concern is tricky. Imagine if New York broke away from the US and set up border controls to stop terrorists from moving in after the San Bernadino attack in California. And why should New York have been letting in out-of-staters who haven't proved their economic value anyway? This is of course a terrible analogy for innumerable reasons. Please don't consider I think it actually parallels the situation with Brexit in any meaningful way. But hopefully it s at least somewhat helps attempt to illustrate how dramatic such a decision is if terrorism prevention is considered the driving issue (I don't think it was).

I'm assuming you voted Leave. What was it that decided it for you?