Recent content by Magimaster

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    Home buying thread

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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Yeah, the caller sounded Indian but he did say it was a Level 2 escalation. I’m willing to give them some time to see if they decide to expand. Worse case they decline and I just order Starlink. I give it decent odds that they might, there’s a lot of building going on in the area and the...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    I’ll take a look and see. Had an interesting call today from Xfinity, seems like they have escalated the issue and told me to give them 2-3weeks and they will get back to me. I’m guessing they must be looking at possibly running lines down into my area of the neighborhoods. There’s enough...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Bumping this thread since I finally got into my new home. Turns out there is no cable or fiber service at the moment out here. Closest Xfinity junction is 3/4 of a mile away and it seems like none of the providers want to run the cables through until more homes are built so that may take 2-3...
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    Home buying thread

    No problem, it is an open floor plan style home: I would have gone for the next model up which had a garage but it was another $30k and that was just way too much to justify especially at today's interest rates. But yeah, good luck finding anything smaller like a 2br/2ba. Even mobile homes...
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    Home buying thread

    House is 1000sqft, 3 bedroom / 2 bath; mortgage including property came out to $197k, which was still less than buying some 40 year old house in the area. And really, that was just me having a first world moment. I meal prep every week, so i really don't need a bigger kitchen, it was just me...
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    Home buying thread

    So, kind of a blog update, but finally moved into my new house. The move went well, had some friends from work help which was nice. Still waiting on the mortgage company to convert the loan from construction to mortgage but that's on them since i reached to confirm there wasn't anything I had...
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    Home buying thread

    So, as an update: Took the builder an extra week and a half to actually get the sod down. But they finally did and we did our walk through yesterday. House was in great shape, no issues at all that we could find. Builder gets the CO and we think we are in the clear to close. Instead, the...
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    Home buying thread

    Jimmies are starting to get rustled: First time home buyer; market in my area is fucked due to high demand so ended up being better to just have a new house built. Simple starter home, good builder, but its taken the full 6 months for them to get it done. Creeping up on the end of the 6 month...
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    So, kind of late to this but I finally picked up Elden Ring since its on sale on Steam. Have never played a Soulslike game before, but I've been watching some streams and I'm itching to dive into another RPG after playing BG3. I was just wondering what controller is recommended to use when...
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    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Finished my first playthrough at 130 hours on Balanced. Explored everywhere, did all but like 2 side quests in Act 3, got all the party member quests done. Had an absolute blast with the game, especially as I leveled and got better at combat. Went in as a Good aligned Oath of Ancients Pally...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Not sure, thats an option too. Bit more expensive but I could try that if needed. My cell reception was decent in the area last time i was over there. I have Verizon and when I checked their website it told me the Home Service wasn't available there, but I'm guessing i could go to the store...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    So, bumping this thread to try and get some info. I'm having a house built in a semi-rural area. Best as I can find the internet options are somewhat limited: - CenturyLink shows as available but its $50 for only 1.5Mbps with a landline, basically option of last resort. - X-finity looks like...
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    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    So, I decided to pick this up since D4 has turned out to be rather disappointing, and its my first CRPG. I'm playing on Balanced difficulty and I started as a Good aligned Paladin with Oath of the Ancients. While I like Astarion and Lae'zel, both are slowly getting pissy with my choices so I...