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RaceDriver: Grid (aka Grid 1) vs Forza 2 - my comparison on xBox 360

NOTE:  This is available on other formats, but I have the 360 version.

I'll do a compare/contrast for both games.

The Cars

Forza 2 has a wide variety of production cars and some purpose built race cars.

Grid only has purpose built race cars.

Both games require that you buy your car{s} to race in the events, while Forza 2 also gives you some unlockable cars that can be used for events.  Each event has a specific car requirement, though for the most part, you do have choices on which car to use for the event.

Customizing Your Cars

Both games allow you to customize your cars, but they do it in different ways.

Both have a wide variety of colors to choose from, though Forza 2 does have a lot more options.

In Forza 2, you have much more freedom to customize your cars, than you do in Grid.  Forza 2 allows you to choose from a variety of logos and you can move, resize and what not.

Both also have pre cut shapes. Again, Forza 2 is better at this, as you have more freedom to place, move, resize, etc the shapes/patterns.  Both allow you to color the shapes/patterns.

Grid is more rigid and limiting than Forza 2.  Part of this is due to the fact that you can get sponsors by doing well in Career Mode, so they don't want your car cluttered with logos.  When you add a sponsor, the game places the sponsor's logo in certain places on the car, depending on what ranking you set for the sponsor; ie Main, Secondary or Sub.  The placement of each sponsor's logo is different with each car you own, so it looks very professional.

Upgrade Parts

Forza 2 offers upgrade parts which increase the performance of your cars. The parts can increase various aspects of the car; ie braking, handling, acceleration and top speed.  Upgrade parts also in crease your PI or Performance Index.  This can be a problem if you aren't careful, as you may increase your braking, but still have a car that is slow as hell, but now your car is in a higher class.  This means that while you have good brakes, all the other cars in your new class are going to have faster cars, usually much, much faster and with better brakes.

Grid does not offer upgrade parts to increase the performance of your cars.

Racing Formats and Tracks

Both have the usual straight up racing {road courses, street courses, enduro, etc}, but Grid also gives you drifting in it's various formats and rookie level figure 8 demolition derby.

They share many of the same tracks, but as usual there are some differences.  Grid has the inclusion of many Drifting tracks and the two figure 8 demolition tracks.

Track wise, Grid is much more realistic.  Grid uses proper sized tracks that match the real world, while Forza 2 has tracks that are extremely narrow.  Most Forza 2 tracks only have spaces wide enough to side by side racing on the front stretch, where the start/finish line is.  The rest of the track is single car wide, maybe 1 and a half car wide, meaning if you want to pass, you will have to do it on the grass, which slows you down.

Forza 2 has many made up tracks, while all the tracks in Grid are real race tracks.

AI Cars

Forza 2 cars seem glued the perfect driving line and never falter, while though semi rare, Grid has cars that spin out and even bit more rare, cars that DNF.

Grid seems a lot better at collision avoidance than Forza 2.

Both games make it so you are the only one that suffers from damage to your car, while the AI are unaffected.

The only real trouble spot in Grid is in the demolition derby event.  The cars are bullet proof unless it's 2 AI cars wrecking each other.  If they hit you, you spin wildly out of control into the wall and likewise if you hit them.  On rare occasions, you might get lucky and wreck one of them, but that's extremely rare.

Driving Views

Forza 2 only has chase mode, meaning you are viewing everything from above and behind the car.

Grid has a variety of viewing modes, including cockpit.

Damage

Damage doesn't seem to be a factor in Forza 2 as far as car performance goes.

Grid has an extremely realistic damage model and it does affect how well your car performs.  Try tearing up a tire and see how hard it its to steer.

Road Side Objects and Debris

Hitting the wall, will damage your car in both games.

Running over debris on the track can seriously slow you down and do damage to your car in Grid, but not Forza 2.

Test Drive/Free Roam

Both games have this and there's nothing special or different about them.  You pick a car that you have unlocked, any of the starter cars or one of your Career Mode cars and run them around one of the tracks in the game.

Arcade Mode

Again, very similar.  The only difference is the tracks and racing styles {see above}.

Career Mode

This is where the everything becomes different.  Though as with all racing games, there are the pure basics; ie having to advance to unlock the higher level racing series'.  Your actions/standings in Arcade Mode have no effect on your level/status in Career or Multiplayer modes.

Forza 2 allows yourself and your car to advance by racing.  You can keep doing the same race{s} over and over to advance yourself and your car and get money.  However, this will not unlock the higher level events/race series'.  By advancing yourself, you get unlockable cars and discounts for upgrades.  By advancing your car, you get discounts for other cars and unlockable cars from that manufacturer and discounts from certain regional parts makers.

In order to advance to higher racing series, you need to at least place 3rd in all the events.  Placing 1st - 3rd also gives you unlockable cars.  The better you do, the more you get, obviously.  You can also get discounts from manufactures and parts suppliers.  When you finish an event, you get the money you won, plus bonus money depending on how well you did.

You can increase the amount of money and advancement points you win by making your car more rare, by putting upgrade parts on it.  As you level a car {by racing it}, your car also becomes more rare and you get more money/advancement points for you and the car.

Another difference is that Forza 2 gives advancement credit to you and your car in both Career and mulitplayer mode, while Grid treats them separately.  Both games do however give you cash for doing well in Multiplayer mode that can be used in Career mode.

Grid differs from F2 in that you start out with 3 rookie licenses {North America, Europe and Japan}.  In order to advance, you must gain "reputation" points.  Your goal is to advance through all 3 levels of the 3 regional licenses and get the Global License.  You must complete all 3 Pro levels in order to get the Global License.  LeMans doesn't count toward any of the regional licenses, but counts toward your overall global reputation points.  If you do the bare minimum to finish the 3 regional Pro licenses, you will not have enough points to get the Global License.  Doing LeMans at the end of each season helps a lot in getting your Global License, when you get that high.

Each time you do a race event, the game reduces how many reputation points you can get the next time you do that event.  Basically, it takes 50% - 75% of the points you won off the possible points available for the next time you do that event.  For the Rookie levels, it only takes 50% of the points away Mid level takes 66% and the Pro levels take 75% of the points away.

MultiPlayer Mode

Both games give you money for competing and doing well in multiplayer mode, that you can take into career mode and spend.

The main difference is that Forza 2 carries the points over to your Career, while Grid treats the points as separate.

Earning Money

Both games give you money for doing well in the races, obviously.  Both games reduce the possible money you can win on the easier settings and increase the money you can win on the harder settings.  Multiplayer money carries over to career mode so you can spend it.

Forza 2 gives you bonus money on how rare your car is, based on the game's preset rarity rating for each car, any upgrade parts you have and your car's reputation level.

Forza 2 also makes you pay for any damage to your car out of you winnings for that race.

Grid gives you bonus money based on your sponsors and if you meet their requirements; ie finish 1st, finish 1st with no damage, finish the race, finish in the top 5, finish in the top 3, etc, etc, etc.  If you are really good, you can have a lot of sponsor offers to choose from, to make the most money possible.  Your main sponsor pays double if you meet the requirements.

Grid gives you a bonus if your team {just you, until you hire a team mate; see below} finishes in the top 3. Of course the better you do, the bigger the team bonus will be.  However, it must be noted that until you get a team mate, you will have to be extremely lucky to beat the other teams as most have 2 drivers raking in the points for their team vs you alone for your team.  You will also get a share of your team mate's winnings {again, see below}.

Team Mates

Forza 2 doesn't have this option.

Grid allows you to hire a team mate, once you have advanced enough {completed one of the 3 rookie levels}.  Depending on the perspective team mate, depends on what he wants in his contract.  You can get one that doesn't require a signing bonus, but wants 80% of his winnings and the team's winning {your winnings are your own}.  Each perspective team mate has a pie chart and his contract requirements in the Team Mate section.  They each have their own specialty form of racing as well.  Just because they want a lot of money, doesn't mean they are any good.  One rookie wants $7 mil signing bonus and 60% of his and the team winnings, but he sucks big time, as you can see from the pie chart and read on various forums.  There are 2 extremely good team mates that you can get and won't cost you an arm and a leg, that will fill your coffers nicely, but I won't spoil the fun and name them.  Just make sure you look at all the options before you sign on a team mate.

If you decide to fire a team mate, you just go into the Team Mate section under My Team and do it.  Now if for whatever reason you decide you want a previously fired team mate back, don't be surprised if his voice is different.  The game randomly chooses one of the "national voices" for him.

It should be noted that once you hire your first team mate, you must always have a team mate from then on.  If you try to fire your team mate, but don't hire a new one to replace him, the game will just give you the old one back.  So if you don't want a team mate, don't hire one in the first place.  Be warned that the game will keep nagging you to do it.

An issue you will see on many forums is "wah, my team mate won't let me win, wah".  Shut the fuck up and fire him, then get one that sucks if it bothers you that damned much. Ya fuckin' wuss!!!!

Too Human {only available on the 360}

Anyone who knows me knows I love RPGs {and racing games}, so when I saw that Too Human was classed as an RPG, I was over the moon that we finally get another non-Japanese RPG for the 360.

Too Human is not, I repeat, is not an RPG.  It seems to fall under this new and made up term "Action - Adventure RPG".  Basically, it means it's a game that looks similar to an RPG but is, in reality, an action-adventure game.  GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

Too Human is supposed to be the first installment of a trilogy.

While other stores are claiming to have done well with Too Human, Game and Game Station are saying that it was a flop because it was marketed completely wrong and pissed off RPG fans.

I only bought Too Human because it was on sale for £10 {retail price} at my local Game store, while seeing it going for over £30 at other stores.  So I figured WTF, I'll give it a go.

If you love action-adventure games, this is a good one.  If you love true RPGs, you'll be sorely disappointed.

NOTE 1:  I have only completed the first 2 missions of 5, though I have spent more than 24 hours playing this game, according to the game stats in the options section.

History/Backdrop

The game is set sometime in the distant future when the world is in tatters and we are trying to return it to its former glory.  The world got destroyed due to the war between man and machine.

The only living plant is the "Great Tree" in, not surprisingly, the "Hall of the Great Tree".

The basis of the game is Norse mythology, but at the same time, they use many of the common RPG terms for the monsters as well as the Norse names.  Sometimes it gets really confusing, so I just stick with the RPG names.

You play Baldur {the name should be familiar to any RPG fan}, the son of Odin, and as usual in these games, it's left up to you for various reasons to save the world from the machine enemies and then return it to its former glory.

NOTE 2:  Since I can't remember all the Norse names and can't spell most of them, I'll just use the traditional RPG names that the game also uses.

Artwork

This has the best artwork I have seen in ages.  Words can't describe how utterly beautiful the scenery is in this game.

SciFi fans would wet themselves in this game.

Instructions/Manual

For the most part, the game manual is worthless, except that it does show you what the various buttons do and that doesn't help very much.  Other than that, it explains nothing.

In-game instructions are very limited and vague and leave the screen very fast.  My partner and I can't keep up with them.

There is so much in this game that isn't explained.  Like what do charms do, how do you get runes to activate so you can use them, without having to buy activated ones.

Even if you do activate the runes, what do most of them do?!  Some stuff is obvious, like "Hammer Crush +3%", but there are many others that you can't tell what they do from their names.

Game play

I found the gameplay to be very difficult for the longest time because the game gives you no help at all, even though it uses a completely new {new to me anyway} gameplay system.  There is no starter section that helps you learn how to use the controls.

In this game, you must use both the left and right sticks to control Baldur.  The left stick does the usual movements {forward, back, and side to side} while the right stick also does those movements, but it's for which way you are facing. As an example, say you are running forward and now want to keep going in the same direction, but want to face backward so you can shoot mobs {RPG slang for monsters/enemies}, use the left stick to go forward and use the right stick to make yourself face backward.  The right stick is also used for targeting, so it gets very tricky.

The right stick is also used to change targets on mob body parts, like trolls {see below}.

This game only has 1 setting and it ain't easy, I can tell you that.

Camera

The camera has a mind of its own.  In most cases, if you are just running along and the camera gets in a weird angle, just use the left bumper and it will give you the usual 3rd person view.

Some sections have a fixed camera angle and you must fight using only that and it can be very difficult to see what's going on.

In combat, the camera can swing wildly trying to keep up with you and you may be shooting at nothing, wasting ammo, and needing to reload, because you can't see what/where you are shooting at.

Saving/Save Points

The game only has 1 save point at a time.  You can overwrite this by doing a manual save.

Now here is the kicker, just because you saved at spot X, doesn't mean the game will return you to that point in the game.  You are sent back to a previous point.  Even the automatic game saves do this.

I haven't figured this out yet, but the game sends you back to a previous point in the game and you have to redo at least part of that section, depending on how far you were when you saved.  Just because a normal person would think that certain places are good for saving, doesn't mean the game agrees with you.   Be prepared to repeat a lot of sections if you don't have 14 hours to play an entire mission through or need to return to town to repair your gear.

Mobs/Monsters/Enemies

This, for the most part, should be straight forward for anyone who has ever played an RPG, FPS or action - Adventure game.  There are basic mobs, group leaders, group bosses, mini-bosses, and bosses.

The goblins, the first mobs you will meet, are very agile and will gang bang you {RPG slang for gang up on}.  You will get boxed in and can't move while they beat the crap out of you, so don't stay in any one spot for too long.

The game swamps you in most sections, so be prepared to die a few times in normal battles and a lot in bigger battles.  A few battles were wave after wave, after wave, after wave of mobs and it took about an hour to complete them, though most battles take about 10 to 20 minutes.

Some mobs have multiple "kill spots" that you must destroy to completely kill them.  Trolls, for example, have 5 or 6 "kill spots", depending on the type.  Hammer trolls have 5 spots {head, arms, and legs}, while the shooter trolls have 6 spots {ammo case, head, arms, and legs}.  As with all trolls in RPG games, don't bother with melee attacks.  Shoot out their weapon arms first, then go after their legs so they can't move as fast.

All mobs are faster than you or have some form of long-range attacks, as well as their close combat attacks. Goblins also like to jump around a lot, making you not be able to keep them targeted.

Try to keep some spare gear on hand for long battles, as you will need it.  I keep my 5 best pieces of each type of gear and some types end up completely broken by the end of the mission.  As an example, I had no usable gloves or helmets for the last 4 hours or so of the 2nd mission.  Constantly check the equipment menu to see which items need to be changed or you will only be harming yourself.

Death in game

You will die a lot and I seriously do mean A LOT.

Once you die, an angel {Valkyrie} will take you up to heaven {Valhalla} and then you will reappear back in the game.  Hopefully, you won't be dropped back in the middle of a swarm of mobs, but don't count on it.

Every time you die, the stuff you are wearing and the weapons you are currently using will degrade. You can tell, if you look close enough, by the red tint of your armor and weapon, that it's almost ready to break.  On it's broken, it will "flash" bright red.  So make sure you have spare gear to put on/use when this happens.  Don't confuse the bright green, orange, blue, etc bits with the bright red of broken gear, it's not the same thing.  Those are part of the look of the armor/weapons and don't change color.

Broken and damaged gear can be repaired at the shops {armor and weapon} in "town".  I'll talk more about this in the Armor/Weapons section.

Henchmen/Squad

You get a squad of humans to help you in the missions, which is nice, or is it?!  A lot of times, they don't come through doorways {the maker admits it's a game flaw}, so you are on your own.  They do pop up at some later point or {game maker's patch} when you go back into the game after leaving it completely.

The squad is extremely weak in all aspects, but they do have a role.   You are always the target of the mobs and many have shields that you can't get through from the front, so draw the mobs to you so that the squad is behind them and they can shoot the mobs in their unprotected backs.  True, it will seem like using spitballs to defeat a tank, but it eventually does work.

As you finish sections of the missions, you will lose squad members, permanently.  As I said previously, I've only done the first 2 missions of 5 and my 12 member squad is now down to 7.  You will get cut scenes showing you when you've lost a member for good.  The first squad member to die permanently dies in the first battle cut scene before you have any control over the game.

The squad members are carried off to heaven by angels just like you when they die and brought back, just like you.  That is unless they died permanently, of course.

Armor/Weapons/other gear

As with all games, you get your starter gear from the game. So no big deal there.

The game uses the traditional RPG color coding for gear; ie white is common, while red is the rarest. This refers to the color of the name of the item, not its actual color in-game.

You can get loot {armor, weapons, blueprints for craft, runes, charms, money, etc} from killing mobs, destroying the little red cocoon things along the side of roads and paths, and from the glowing spire things that are dotted around the world and in "cyberspace".

Armor/weapons have an "as new" rating that says how long it will last.  Below level 10 gear has a rating of 10,000, while above level 10 gear has various ratings, but none about 2,500 {except maybe red gear, which I haven't gotten so far}.  I haven't figured out how the game decides how much the gear degrades when you die, but each death takes away from the "as new" rating on death.

Unless your gear is broken, it keeps it's stats, unlike games like the Morrowind games.  If it does 100 damage when new, it will keep doing 100 damage until it breaks.

Below level 10, the gear is non-specific and you can use anything you find, as long as you meet the level requirements for the item. When you reach level 10 and not in a mission, you will be told to report to the cybergenics lab.  This where you decide on whether you want to stay a human or become a cybergen. Whichever you decide, you can only use the gear for that class from this point forward.

Above level 10 gear is a pain in the ass.  Common gear {ie cheap stuff} has a very low rating in every sense.  It's "as new" rating is 500, while the much better and much, much more expensive purple gear {2nd most rare} is 2,500.

You can get runes to increase various aspects of your stats, depending on the gear you have.  Some come with all the slots full, while others come with some or all empty for you to customize your gear.  Common gear {white} does not have upgrade slots.  As I mentioned earlier, some runes are obvious in what they do, but most are too vague for you to have any clue on what they do.

Health potions can not be bought, they drop on the battlefield from mobs or from those red cocoon things.  If you are even missing 1 hp, the game takes the whole health potion and gives you 1 hp to fill you up.

Money isn't easy to come by in the game, especially with crafting and repairs {see below}.

Repairing Gear

You have to go to or be in "town" to repair your gear.  There is a specific weapon shop and a shop to get armor and runes.  You can also buy color modules to change the color of your gear, but it requires a rune slot and that takes away from stat boosts, so why bother.

The cost of repairing your gear is how much it takes to make it back to its retail value.  Damaged and broken gear can be repaired back to new.  You must do a full repair or no repair at all.

After you complete your first mission, you will come back to "town" and from this point onwards, you can return to town as needed while in missions to repair or buy gear.  As I mentioned above, you will have to repeat sections of the mission that you already did when you come back to the mission.

Crafting

The game drops blueprints that you can use to craft items.  These items are either purple or red {2nd highest and highest}.

Crafted items are much, much better than their store-bought or mob dropped counterparts.  As an example, I have a blueprint for a purple level 14 pair of boots with an armor rating of 50, with 4 nice stat boosters.  The best in the shops or that I got from drops is a purple level 14 with an armor rating of 41 and 3 stat boosters.

Be warned, crafting is extremely expensive.  I haven't gotten any red items yet, but the purple items cost 4 times the retail value to craft.

"Bounty" or Money

Money is hard to come by in the game and you constantly have a need for it {repairs and crafting}.

You don't have to buy ammo for your pistols and rifles.

The best thing I can tell you is to explore everywhere and break all the red cocoons you see, use all the glowing spires and never leave loot on the ground.

You can also "salvage" your unwanted gear and get its current value in money.

My Overall Opinion of the Game

The game makers should have included more info in the game or in the manual and given us a starter section to learn the game controls before dropping us into a mission.

I'm not impressed with the save point and having to do huge sections over again because I needed to repair my gear or don't have time to finish the entire mission in 1 go.   Also, your squad, if they haven't disappeared because of the game bug, isn't there to help you with the mobs that have shields.  On the plus side, you do get to keep all the loot you got from previous goes at the section.

Money should be easier to come by.

Of course, there is the game bug and the maker's "fix".  They want you to completely exit the game and reenter the game to get the squad back, but this means you have to repeat an entire section of the mission.  Of course, doing this usually means the squad isn't with you unless you get lucky and find the magical spot to save and exit the game.

Regenerating health shouldn't take nearly as long as it does {20 minutes when almost empty} in this game and I'm playing as a "Bio Engineer" who is supposed to be the best/fastest at healing.  I'd hate to see what the other classes are like.  I guess the game makers did this so people could have built-in bathroom and food/drink breaks.

I must say that I honestly have mixed emotions about this game.  While in some areas, it far exceeds anything else out there {ie artwork}, it fails miserably in other areas.   As much as I hate this game most of the time, it does draw you in somehow.

Overall, I give it 3 out of 10.

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https://attitude.co.uk/final-fantasy-xiv-update-will-include-gay-marriage/

‘Final Fantasy XIV’ update will include gay marriage

Posted On 11 Jun 2014 12:26  By : Sam Rigby

Final Fantasy XIV will support same-sex marriage with its latest update.

Producer Naoki Yoshida confirmed at E3 2014 that the forthcoming patch 2.4 will allow gamers to marry whoever they choose, gaming website SquarePortal reports.

Back in 2012, producers noted that same-sex marriage was an “extremely controversial topic” in gaming, but the legalisation of gay marriage in various countries since then seems to have prompted action.

Last month, Nintendo defended its decision to block users from playing as gay characters on their life simulator game, Tomodachi Life.

However, the Japanese company later apologised for their decision, and suggested that they will create more inclusive games in the future.

Only you can tell how far you want to go with this fetish.

If you want to go further than just the occasional porn video on your own, you'll have to talk to your boyfriend at some point.

If you decide to go further than just watching scat porn, then you need to look into the health implications that it might have.

Personally I don't understand the whole scat fetish, but to each their own.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/06/08/christian-holocaust/

Gays Preparing To Slaughter Christians In Homosexual Holocaust According To Tony Perkins (AUDIO)

Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, asked the attorney Nicole Martin of Alliance Defending Freedom on his show, Washington Watch With Tony Perkins. Martin had recently represented Jack Phillips, owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver Colorado. Judges on the Colorado Human Rights Council recently unanimously ruled against Phillips in a claim that Phillips had violated a gay couple’s civil rights when he refused to bake them a wedding cake.

The discussion on the show about the council decision quickly escalated beyond the usual hateful bigoted remarks usually associated with anything to do with Tony Perkins or the Family research Council and jumped right into Holocaust territory so fast it would make Godwin gasp. Somehow in Perkins’ mind not only is there a gay agenda, there is also a gay final solution that involves Christians being exterminated in concentration camps.

“I’m beginning to think, are re-education camps next? When are they going to start rolling out the boxcars to start hauling off Christians,” asks Perkins.

Yeah that’s right. Tony Perkins actually said that gay people, one of the largest groups of people who actually were exterminated in concentration camps during the Holocaust, is part of a 21st century plot to do the same to Christians.

Martin described the ruling as part of a continued “witch hunt” against Christians.

Yeah that’s right. Nicole Martin actually said that there is a witch hunt going on against Christians. Christians being the ones who actually accused people of being witches, then burned them alive, thus creating the term “witch hunt.”

Hopefully for Perkins and Martin’s sake, of there is a heaven, passing a history test is not a requirement for entry. You can listen to an audio clip of Perkins and Martin right here posted online by Right Wing Watch.

If you follow the link at the top of this post, you can listen to the audio from the actual article.

Please keep in mind that this thread is 6 years old.

I don't remember the exact figures, but if you've ever played a video game you'll understand how it works.

Think of a video game and gaining levels.  The early levels only take a few points to increase your level.  As you increase your level, it takes a lot more points to get to the next level.  And so on.

As long as it doesn't cause harm to themselves or others, I don't think there's really any limits.

Of course, that doesn't apply to me because I'm quite vanila when it comes to sex.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/south-africa-ends-gay-blood-donation-ban210514

South Africa ends gay blood donation ban

Gay men who are in committed monogamous relationships will join those who are not sexually active in being allowed to donate blood to the South African National Blood Service.

21 May 2014 | By Andrew Potts

Under new rules announced by the South African National Blood Service gay men who are in monogamous committed relationships will be able to give blood alongside those who have not been sexually active for at least six month.

The new rules do not single out men who have sex with men and instead excludes ‘people whose lifestyle puts them at increased risk of contracting an infection that can be transmitted through their blood,’ rather than excluding people based on their sexual orientation.

The rules give the example of people who have had 'more than one sexual partner in the past six months or if they have had sexual contact with someone whose sexual background is unknown to them,’ as examples of factors that would lead a potential donor to be screened out.

The blood service will continue to test every litre of blood it collects for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and syphilis.

South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world but most people living with HIV in the country are heterosexuals.

"Green" discs are the slowest type because they are energy savers.

Apparently, the catholic Cardinal of Austria praise him for winning the EuroVision Song Contest.

Emotional attachments aren't the same as sexual attraction.

I could be emotionally attached to a woman, but I couldn't see my self eating her vag.

I love footballers, most are very sexy.

I enjoy watching football, but hate the fans.

I gave the OP a thumbs up for his post, because I love seeing members taking an active interest in the site.

torture, scat, piss drinking, and sloppy loose butt holes

I'm not into any of that stuff, but I agree it's always better to see the other person's face.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/france-had-78-rise-anti-gay-incidents-year-it-legalized-gay-marriage140514

France had 78% rise in anti-gay incidents in the year it legalized gay marriage

France’s LGBTI community may be seeing a backlash against the legalization of same-sex marriage with a 78% increase in homophobic incidents reported to the SOS Homophobie campaign last year.

There was an upsurge of violence against the LGBTI community in France during 2013 – the same year it legalized same-sex marriage.

Figures from the SOS Homophobie anti-violence campaign found there had been a 78% increase in homophobic incidents being reported to it in 2013 compared to 2012.

Around 3,500 incidents of homophobic harassment or violence were reported to the group in 2013 – with verbal abuse making up 39% of cases.

A homophobic assault was reported to the group on an average of once every two days during 2013 and there were 1,723 reports of online homophobic abuse.

SOS Homophobie attributes the up-swell in homophobic abuse to the legalization of same-sex marriage, as they say the language used by opponents ‘legitimized homophobic insults and violence.'

‘In recent months homophobic language has become completely unabashed in all spheres of society,’ SOS Homophobie’s report says.

‘We can welcome the passing of the law on marriage for all … of this new step towards equality [but] this victory leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.’

The campaign against same-sex marriage even included a group of young men who dubbed themselves ‘Hommen,’ a reference to the topless feminist group FEMEN, and staged shirtless protests.

The person IS NOT on this site, at least not that I know of.  As I said in the opening post, he's the admin of a politics discussion site.    I've "internet known" him for about 15 years and he's always proclaimed to be a gay man.  He's long had some weird ideas.

I hope he has a speedy recovery.