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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    All it comes down to for me is who I want taking a shot in crunch time with a defender(s) all over him, everyone knowing he is taking the shot - Durant has an unblockable shot, LeBron doesn't. His height and arm length is the greatest trump card in that situation.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Not Dirk, sir - from 23ppg/8reb in regular season to 26ppg/10reb in postseason. LeBron's numbers go up slightly too. No one is arguing this. Argument was is KD slightly above him offensively, but obviously inferior in every other aspect.
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    Wii U

    None so far. Nintendo is really good about replacing with no questions asked though.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Regular season. Won't see those easy breakaway dunks in the Finals if they are playing against a half-decent team. Remember the 2011 Finals when LeBron sucked in the half court? The Heat still suck in the half court but it doesn't matter during the regular season.
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    [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening 2/04/13

    Mine usually blinks for about 15 min before it turns off.
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    MLB 2013 season

    Felix gets $175 mil
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    [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening 2/04/13

    Going by the Kotaku tips article, he says to don't make them into advanced classes (which is available at 10) until after they hit their cap at level 20.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Yeah the long 2 is just not a good shot unless your Dirk. Might as well step a few feet back and take a three, that's basically what Carlisle did to the Mav's offense in 2011, eliminate that shot. They had no scoring bigs so every shot was either Dirk or a 3-pointer from...
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    LeBron for his career is around 39% on long 2s (bumped up by one good year in 2011 shooting 45%), Durant is at around 42% for his career and has been trending up. The league average the last few years is around 40% for shots 10-23 feet from the basket. Dirk blows everyone away, sitting at...
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    KD, like Dirk (and Aldrige), breaks the shooting mold. The long 2 is the worst shot for anyone in basketball except for a very select group of players - the one thing they all have in common is a nearly unguardable release point - LeBron is not one of these players. In crunch time/playoffs...
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    [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening 2/04/13

    Doesn't he start out as an advanced class? Pretty sure that's why it takes more EXP to level him.
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    [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening 2/04/13

    Ocarina of Time 3D, Cave Story 3D, some good Mario platformers, and of course upcoming Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and new Pokemon X&Y.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Then he wouldn't be as good on offense. Players aren't robots, they can't give maximum effort on both sides for the whole game without being affected.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Don't need elite defense if you can score at will and rebound. Save your energy for those things.
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    [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening 2/04/13

    http://fireemblem.nintendo.com/ No post for this? This game is awesome - if you like Tactical RPGs it's worth even buying a 3DS.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    Pretty sure it unlocks after you get access to the Miasma Marshes
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    This is a helpful post for anyone trying to 100% the game (specifically for stealing the rare alchemy items you need). http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/99801...witch/65357616
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    2012 NFL Season

    Only thing holding him back is he was a crazy mofo (literally bi-polar) and was not nice to media and some of his teammates.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    Just head to Hamelin, the Shipwreck Beach is higher level than you can handle.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    Griffy and Dinoceros are both super OP and trivialize most of the game so if you want a challenge I'd skip them. Really anything in their 3 compatible genus are good enough to beat the game, i.e. Milites/Dracones for Oliver, Aves/Aqua/Flora for Esther, and Beasts/Mortui for Swaine. For...
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    I thought the Demo was a horrible representation of the game - it just tosses you into boss battles without the benefit of the tutorial(s) you get in the full game. It's very jarring. I wouldn't say the combat is Tales-like (they are both JRPGs so obviously they are going to be similar), but...
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    edit: dbl post
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    That list doesn't really mean those are the best familiars - doesn't track attack speed, resists or trick access for example, or the stat distribution. Pyromander is terrible for example - he's weak to physical attacks and goes down like a sack of hammers.
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    Winter 2013 Anime Thread

    Don't worry, Index S3 will get announced after the next Railgun season.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    It also doesn't put the character your controlling into Defend - its hard sometimes to hit All Out and defend yourself before the attack goes off.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    The genie is the first boss that's actually difficult, imo.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    When you switch familiars there are 3 little sprites in the corner that correspond to a monster family. Esther's are Aves, Aquatic, and one other I can't remember - I use her starter (which is awesome), a Grimray (final evolution of a monster you can get after you first get boat), and 3rd slot...
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Yeah can't wait for Simmons' article this week to read the tears.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    I don't know about Swaine but Esther will opt to use her harp songs if the familiars you give her aren't one of her 3 compatible families, in my experience at least.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Pretty much the same. The 5 guys at work sporting Lakers/Cowboys/Yankees gear will confirm.
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    If Rondo is out, I don't see how Ainge doesn't trade off KG and Pierce before the deadline to contenders. This was supposed to be their last hoorah and if Rondo is out they have no chance, time to start rebuilding.
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    DOTA 2

    He said it was his fault (he set RadiantVictory="1"), not an issue with the API.
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    DOTA 2

    The way Dotabuff was getting the data (scraping data packets from replays) was highly shady and you knew Valve was going to shut down the ability to do that eventually. Because of Valve's Terms of Service and players privacy, Dotabuff will have to use the WebAPI when it's working and change...
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    This is GOTY for me, doesn't matter what else comes out. This game is like playing RPGs back in the SNES days - Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, etc. First time I've enjoyed every aspect of a game in forever.
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    2013 NFL Playoffs

    I was keeping it contained with the regular season thread, blame Arayasar.
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    Ni No Kuni (PS3)

    Same - while trying to tame Bonehead. The first and second times I finally got the pink hearts, I was in such a zone that I hit attack again and finished it off before I could switch to Esther. The AI familiars won't finish them off but the one you are controlling sure can.
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    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Better to poll which team's Offensive Line and (to a lesser extent) Defense you'd rather have, because that's pretty much what it comes down to. Flacco and the Raven's offense took off after they benched part of their O-line and shifted the line around near the end of the season, they were...
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Did you guys forget 2007-2010? He was a beast and pretty much got a team of 3 pt shooters to the Finals and was the best defensive player in the league. He just needs to get healthy and have a coach that won't take his shit, and a front office who has total confidence in that coach and won't...
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    The Elder Scrolls Online

    Original EQ trailer/intro was the best ever, AO was a close second. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YKJM0vOroc
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    NBA 2012-13 Season Thread - Crown The Heat!

    Because Phil is banging his sister and he has a weird complex, that's my take.