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A change is a change but the whole point I've been trying to make is that PR mangers (PRMs from this point on) are irrelevant when it comes to affecting merchandise revenue (MR).

That makes sense. Your initial statement is what was confusing to me, because that wasn't how you put it. As you are one of the more respected members of the forums, I was paying attention when you made what seemed to be a rather definite or authoritative statement that there was no impact to MR. I agree that the way PRM impacts MR is unintuitive, although I am hopeful that it can be taken advantage of. If there was no possible advantage at all, why would they have created PRM in the first place? Hopefully not as a cruel trap or distraction!

Sure, I agree that a PRM's specialty can indirectly impact MR through wins and losses but that is pretty irrelevant to the main discussion.

It was relevant when you said there was no impact, because this is evidence from the game manual that would support at least one kind of impact to MR. I now understand the points you were trying to make though, were a little different from your initial statement.

That quote can be used to sum up the main argument that every religious person has ever used when trying to defend their religion or God. It's true that if we can't see something it doesn't mean it's not there, but speaking empirically, I always like to have actual data to backup my theories. I know that statement is ironic considering the lack of evidence I have for my "PRMs have no impact on MR" theory

There is of course, no way for man to empirically prove or disprove the existence of God. Although Sagan's quote may apply, there is no point in defending religion on scientific principles. Religion is based on faith rather than science, and faith is based on belief rather than acceptance. I think that is pretty irrelevant to the main discussion though, lol... Well done, brother. You are doing a great job in living up to your forum celebrity status!

Last edited by bonespawn at 10/19/2010 6:52:43 PM

The reason I would believe in "God" persay, is that I believe everything must have a beginning. So what existed before the universe? It can't be nothing, so my explanation is "God".

That's pretty deep, Naker

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Offtopic conversations ftw :D lol

since there are no direct observations of influence of PR manager on merchanidising, I will throw my word about God. Naker if as you said everything has to have beginning and beginning of universe can be explained by presence of God, then how do you explain where God came from? According to your theory He should also have some kind of "beginning"

He is "God". Something that exists that no human can understand and is the creater of everything and existed before time. I don't know what god is so I put him in quotes :P But this "God" has no beginning.

We observe time as linear, but it exists because of matter. Time did not exist before matter. If God did create the universe, then this question has no meaning. There is no beginning or end when discussing something that is eternal, or existed before matter and time. So the answer is... "insufficient data for meaningful answer"

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.

Probably not often that James Oliver Rigney is quoted on buzzerbeater My partial quote was in reference to Isaac Asimov's most favorite short story, the Last Question, which is especially relevant.