Well, the result is fairly predictable, namely a boring forum. Luckily the Polish edition is less enthusiastically moderated.
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It took since valentine's day but the mouse in my home has finally died. i guess out of no water or I have no idea what it did. I guess it injured itself as I saw some blood spatters and then I saw the dead mouse body. It was pretty strange as I smelled a smell that was very familiar to me and which I found to be very gross. The smell of a dead mouse. I had lived for a few years in Deventer and that was the smell I always smelled, yet did not know. what it was until now. I did put traps you know, but it did not care. There was some other stuff with the mouse and I guess its some organs and blood. Very very gross.
I play the witcher and play as a monster slayer but getting rid of a dead mouse makes me anxious and twist my stomache. Sigh so much for manlihood.
I play the witcher and play as a monster slayer but getting rid of a dead mouse makes me anxious and twist my stomache. Sigh so much for manlihood.
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A couple of times we used this non lethal mouse trap that looks like a wire cage with a hole on the top. The hole is surrounded by some metal bars underneath which makes it impossible for a mouse to climb back out and escape. You lure them in with whatever food they like, crackers or cheese (and maybe some wine) and wake up to a trapped live mouse. Then simply open the cage and toss it somewhere. Preferably outside of your house.
The typical spring trap is not always effective. Sometimes mice will even manage to steal the bait and not get hurt. And other times you might find mouse pieces.
The typical spring trap is not always effective. Sometimes mice will even manage to steal the bait and not get hurt. And other times you might find mouse pieces.
In the latest Polish edition of Forbes Wealthiest Top 100 list, CDPR founders Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński showed up for the first time, taking 96th and 98th place respectively. After TW3 they will most probably move up the ladder, considering how expected the game is 
We do use traps that don't kill the mice over here, but we usually either drown them or get the cat to chase them down after we've released them from the trap. Otherwise, they always find a way back inside (so it's not done out of malice).
Well deserved. I wonder how wealthy they are, did it say? It's interesting because they seem so unpretentious and walk around in jeans and plain shirts, but they have to be millionaires by now.In the latest Polish edition of Forbes Wealthiest Top 100 list, CDPR founders Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński showed up for the first time, taking 96th and 98th place respectively. After TW3 they will most probably move up the ladder, considering how expected the game is
Their assets are priced over 200 million PLN(around 70 million dollars) each. Of course, this is not only cash, but includes also CDPR's stock they own - so their future position depends not only on how well TW3 does but also how investors are going to behave.
Maybe their jeans are weaved manually by a magical seamstress who uses threads of gold and platinum, and their plain shirts are handcrafted by a million silk worms working in unison.
But seriously now, I don't see why wealth would dictate what they have to wear. Except when they attend a fancy event or something.
Used to work at a dog food factory, crushing beef hide and other bits of tasty animals to go into the pooches dinner and treats, and by Sif's wig there were some bloody huge bastard rats in that place. What's worse was when the Ratman came around to lay down his poisons and a few days later you'd get these big fuckers crawling around in the open dying painfully, heart-wrenching really, I were only one with stomach to put 'em out of their misery with me spade. Course then i'd bring 'em in factory to scare lasses with, cause i'm an utter bastard like that.
Protip: Tuck your trousers into your socks when surrounded by Rodents, they've got no sense of bloody privacy.
Why is it that this never comes up in those classic RPG's when the first great battle is against a couple of giant rats?
This is why us Yorkshiremen keep Ferrets in us trousers, like all sensible folk, it's every Englishmen's duty to protect the Crown Jewels.
So the ladies of Yorkshire can ask "is that a ferret or are you just happy to see me?"
@dragonbird; If you're sticking with Firefox and want to improve your security (and remove most adverts, certainly the directed ones), check out the addons Ghostery and NoScript.
and now for some Fighting Irish cake, before I weigh in
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Now, it could be an illusion but I find the thoughts of members here - even when I don't agree - to be generally & consistently more interesting then elsewhere. If we could maintain civility & decorum in a "current horrible event" thread I suspect it would be a very provocative discussion (that does not also imply an emotional one). Yes offence is in the eyes of the beholder, but we humans are capable of a thing called objectivity which we can bring to discussions like these, if & when we can have them at all of course.
Mods & CDPR aside for the moment, I think the Community section of the board could handle such topics, moreover I believe it could be beneficial rather than damaging. Yes we are here primarily because of a game, but we already talk far beyond those bounds, and rightly so, but I have stopped myself when it comes to current affairs due to not wanting to cause offence, and I suspect many others bite their tongue and don't get involved in a thread (e.g. the DRM one) that could go pearshaped. Well, thats our loss, there are times i'd love to share something ridiculous arising from my local neanderthals and get an international viewpoint on it, as I'm genuinely interested in many of your perspectives. I'd like the people from Ukraine & environs to see that the community here is aware of their problems, are showing concern, and trying to understand. Some specific rules added for these types of discussions, and a concerted effort by ourselves to make them discussions, could work.
It does seem a shame... here we are a diverse international community formed round a shared beloved fictional character & an Original (as opposed to 'more of the same') company, both of which have been known to stand up, be counted, and get into trouble occasionally for saying what they think. This is the real world of course and a prime concern on the forum has to be building community not polarising it - but ingame we, alongside Geralt & friends discuss & deal with issues that are just the Witchers version of what Costin suggests.
Plus they have money to spend, which is always nice.... I suggest a life size edition of The Witcher Adventures board game out the back of the house, peons included.
and now for some Fighting Irish cake, before I weigh in
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While of course I can see this from the mods point of view, and it is for CDPR to decide, I appreciate what @Costin; has to say on the wider topic of discussing current events. Speaking for myself, "Go to another website" isn't a solution, because it's the people here - people I share at least a gaming interest with - I'd be interesting in hearing from for their insight on world events in their locality. I follow world news, and now with Ukraine for instance, all I have is the western media & a bit of world history to go by, and I feel it's not enough.
Now, it could be an illusion but I find the thoughts of members here - even when I don't agree - to be generally & consistently more interesting then elsewhere. If we could maintain civility & decorum in a "current horrible event" thread I suspect it would be a very provocative discussion (that does not also imply an emotional one). Yes offence is in the eyes of the beholder, but we humans are capable of a thing called objectivity which we can bring to discussions like these, if & when we can have them at all of course.
Mods & CDPR aside for the moment, I think the Community section of the board could handle such topics, moreover I believe it could be beneficial rather than damaging. Yes we are here primarily because of a game, but we already talk far beyond those bounds, and rightly so, but I have stopped myself when it comes to current affairs due to not wanting to cause offence, and I suspect many others bite their tongue and don't get involved in a thread (e.g. the DRM one) that could go pearshaped. Well, thats our loss, there are times i'd love to share something ridiculous arising from my local neanderthals and get an international viewpoint on it, as I'm genuinely interested in many of your perspectives. I'd like the people from Ukraine & environs to see that the community here is aware of their problems, are showing concern, and trying to understand. Some specific rules added for these types of discussions, and a concerted effort by ourselves to make them discussions, could work.
It does seem a shame... here we are a diverse international community formed round a shared beloved fictional character & an Original (as opposed to 'more of the same') company, both of which have been known to stand up, be counted, and get into trouble occasionally for saying what they think. This is the real world of course and a prime concern on the forum has to be building community not polarising it - but ingame we, alongside Geralt & friends discuss & deal with issues that are just the Witchers version of what Costin suggests.
Congrats to the guys ! Normally I couldn't care less about lists like Forbes 100 - many of them being hereditary - but its great news when grafters get in by merit, also - from a foreigners perspective - I imagine the accompanying prestige in-country will open doors & minds if any are still shut to the possibilities and the success.... is there anyone in Poland who wouldn't take a phonecall from Mr. Iwínski? With personal wealth on par with businessmen who make the change from private to public life, anything is possibleIn the latest Polish edition of Forbes Wealthiest Top 100 list, CDPR founders Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński showed up for the first time, taking 96th and 98th place respectively. After TW3 they will most probably move up the ladder, considering how expected the game is
Plus they have money to spend, which is always nice.... I suggest a life size edition of The Witcher Adventures board game out the back of the house, peons included
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That's my feeling as well. You see them answering questions from all kind of sources, but you practically never see them answering questions which come from this forum. It's weird really, as if they strongly want to avoid direct communication.
About politics and other subjects - I think it's immature that moderators prevent such discussions to begin with. Their job should be stopping things from going astray when they do, not censoring subjects which can lead to flaming. If they think that it's too off-topic for the gaming forum, they can create an off-topic section specifically.
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@Gilrond; They do answer questions that come from this forum. They just don't answer them here. That's my opinion based on observation of this forum back when all the buzz & interviews were happening. Whether the interviewing journo mined the questions from here, or CDPR bring them with them, I can't say for certain, but too many board active question were asked to be a coincidence.
@Kudos: May be. In my experience, they avoid questions coming from here. I got an answer from them on the question posted here just once, so I see that as an exception to the rule. They surely answer much more to the interviews and so on, where they have no easy option to ignore questions. So it gives an impression that they avoid direct communication.
In contrast, some other developers are much more talkative on their own forums.
In contrast, some other developers are much more talkative on their own forums.
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