Thuraash

Indian here: YOUR brown people are dumb. Get new, better brown people.

My family and much of my extended family is very progressive, and quite a few have married non-Indians. Their kids (not all of them are quite kids anymore) are also unfairly good looking, so fuck the purebred shit, I wish I was half East Asian or white (edit: the only reason I mentioned these two races is because they are the ones my extended family has married to thus far... just realized that looked a bit strange). There are some fundies in our midst, but the rest of us don't really care what they think. Those would be the dumb people you were referring to.

I could go on for hours about how much I like my kind, and how absurdly easy it is to get non-Indians interested in you just by cooking them a traditional meal. Get away from the stupid ones, or stop giving a shit about their opinions, and maybe you'll get over this self-loathing and recognize the truly awesome sides to your heritage. Hopefully before it feels like you're on the outside looking in (happens more often than you'd think).

Uhmm... no, it's really not a kangaroo court.

Yes, the Ninth Circuit is known to operate a bit more progressively than most, but its reversal rate is not nearly so appalling as that article (from the National Review, mind) would have you believe. Circuit courts tend to get reversed a lot when they go up on cert because, a lot of the time, that's the only reason the SCOTUS granted cert in the first place. Low affirmation percentages aren't terribly unusual. Take the 2014 data for example. 62% reversal rate... looks ugly, right? Now look at the other circuits. Only the First Circuit did better, and that's likely because it only had one case go up on cert.

So why are the numbers so high, then? Why so many cases up on cert? Well, it's pretty simple: the Ninth Circuit is HUGE. It has nearly 30 judges, and serves almost 20% of the United States' population. That's around double the next largest circuit. It sees that many more cases every year, and therefore has more cases petitioning for cert.

So let's look at the data again, taking a peek at the 2012 term that this blog is making such a huge deal about. 10 reversed out of 12... nasty, right? Total kangaroo court, right? Except... the Fifth Circuit had 5 reversed out of 6, which, when you double it because the Fifth Circuit serves about half as many people as the Ninth, and has about half as many judges, is 10 for 12. Which is exactly the same as the Ninth. Imagine that.... That's not even considering the Eleventh Circuit, which went ZERO for six on affirmations.

But do you think the National Review will go to town on the Fifth or Eleventh Circuits? Don't believe everything you read.

I'm a fan of literally all your work since Homeworld 2. The Dawn of War series is amazing, but CoH is easily my favorite. I guess a large part of the charm is the amazing depth and nuance. Zooming in on anything, be it an infantryman, tank, or light vehicle, shows a level of animation and attention to detail that you just never seen anywhere else. That depth is also reflected in the complexity of the game mechanics. It's really an amazing series!

My question has to do with how you will support CoH2 post-launch. The original was amazing, but it was marred by the very slow patch cycle. It took a long time to fix big issues, and fixes came in such huge batches that you got massive pendulum changes and overcorrections. Under SEGA and with steam support, will you be able to maintain a more frequent patch schedule to better keep game balance in check?