I'm not a fan, but I can live with the home page. Once drilling down, though, it would be good if that right column went away.

I prefer not to scroll endlessly, page frequently, or have to press a button to load comments. I just want it all right there to read through in one page.

I don't support this move by California, but you really do have it wrong.

California gives more money to the federal government that it receives in services. California is actually subsidizing other states.

If California were to secede they would instantly be in the black instead of the red. Banking all those federal taxes and state taxes means an instant boon.

I don't know where you're from, but you might want to see if yours is one of those subsidized states before biting the hand that feeds you.

Owners
--> CFO
----->Me

I would never, ever play a microtransaction game. I've been playing since my 7x GM tankmage in UO, 50 druid in EQ1, Doctor/Bounty Hunter in SWG (pre NGE), and current 75 mage in WoW. Along the way I've tried EQ2, Asheron's Call, AC2, AO, AoC, Vanguard, and LOTRO. I've never had a character deleted. I've come back 1, 2, 3 years later either paid or during free come back promotions and my characters have always been there.

I would never play a game with ads in it either.

Want your MMORPG to succeed? Fix the bugs. Don't let overpowered classes/specs/builds run rampant for too long (i.e. crossbows, tamers in UO, combat medics in SWG, rogues in WoW). Make new content. Set up a decent grind.

The subscription model is in no danger of dying.

Are there really people out there who think we can achieve a perfectly safe world? Spending more and more money for ever smaller incremental gains in safety? Is the cost really worth it? Is giving up your rights really worth it?

At some point you have to stop and say look, there's an inherent danger in life. Your own body can turn against you. Are you willing to give up all your money and all your rights to feel safe? But what's left to be worth living if you've given everything up?

I cringe every time I hear about somebody dying in some unique way, because I know there are going to be laws that follow to ensure that never happens again. Unfortunately, those laws tend to be far more overreaching and subject to abuse in ways that are far beyond what incident initiated them.

People die. Dying is a part of life.