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  1. Eidal

    Weight Loss Thread

    Moving, staying in a hotel for a few weeks while our apartment is readied... Dreamer bulk engaged. Holy fuck lifting while eating heavy is such a drastic change. Next time I cut I hope I remember how much life sucks while cutting and to get it over with quick.
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    Overwatch

    I don't really care about smurfing; it's good to be reminded that other people are leagues better than you. If it happened every single game I'd probably get bored, but the occasional guy womping the match doesn't bother me and usually I learn a few tricks.
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    Overwatch

    I started playing CSGO a few weeks ago. Last year I think I placed somewhere in Silver and proudly faught my way up to gn1. I came back recently, won a single comp match, and was placed GNM. Fast forward 30 wins and I'm MGE on the verge of a promotion (can tell via who I'm playing against)...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    You'll be expected to provide logs showing your performance over the last few months at the minimum and the interviewer will very likely check with past guilds to figure out if you're a jerk or not. Shit, I needed logs verifying I was a good tank before a heroic 2-day a week guild would take...
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    Overwatch

    Of course they could -- but the problem is it still takes hours to catch that guy and meanwhile he's left a trail of broken games and pissed off players in his path. 3 hours of hacking in CSGO is a lot of grief. I'm not sure how familiar you are with the cliche "just want to make people mad"...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    We both know an individual that is chomping at the bit for some Overwatch! Joking aside, I think the market is open for an FPS with Blizzard-polish. I have a battle.net friends list and most of those guys seem to exclusively play Blizzard games. They bounce between them because it just...
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    Overwatch

    Aimbots absolutely shatter competitive 5v5 CSGO matches. It's almost impossible to kill someone with the full array of hacks enabled. However, doing this will be a fast track to the Tribunal system in which players review games and vote guilty or not guilty. Smart hackers play carefully and...
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    Star Citizen Online - The search for more money

    Variise isn't a shill; he is a passionate supporter. I can't blame him; I wish I had that optimism. We're all hoping an MMO comes out that makes us say "wow" again, Variise just happens to be heavily invested in a long-shot.
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    Project 1999 - Making Norrath Great Again

    I read through that thread and Rogean's clarification made me think it wasn't really a big deal. It's just part of the world we live in; some intrusiveness makes for a better game.
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    Recommend a dating site

    ^ That's the hail mary of profiles.
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    Overwatch

    Is there a single company you could point to that "has been great with rooting out cheaters?" Bliz doesn't seem any better or worse than any of the large companies. Look at CSGO's model; a community review/ban system, box cost, and whatever VAC does behind the scenes. I've played about 30...
  12. Eidal

    Weight Loss Thread

    If the commitment to getting healthy or developing a physique isn't enough for a gym membership, then I'm highly skeptical it's enough to actually accomplish whatever goal was intended. If the will is there then you really don't need much; it's just way fucking easier to eat a lot of food and...
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    Overwatch

    I can see the argument for a token price, like $10-$15. Hackers tend to be pretty destructive in games like this and there really isn't any way to flat out stop them. Ban-waves + account fee seems to be the only functional model.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    My friends/family all own like 1/5th of what they'd need for a decent home gym -- they do their 15 min of elliptical or random-throughout-the-week 30lb barbell curl inbetween LoL matches. No gains is attributed to age/genetics. It's cyclical, too. Every few months someone hits me up with...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Oh come on Cad, you don't need a power rack for your squats.
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    Project 1999 - Making Norrath Great Again

    What were your characters names on Povar?
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Fortunately, between the exorbitant amount of funding they have and Brad's impeccable reputation, they'll have no problem drawing the top-tier developers they need to build that out. You can rest assured that the people responsible for this aspect of the game were hand-selected from the best of...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    My impression is that she cares more about being "in the loop" and treated like a partner. Dating for 3 years with only a vague idea of the financial realities of the householdwouldbe disturbing to any woman interested in being treated like an equal. A woman content with being a sextoy...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Scanned Eomer's post again for mention of marriage and it reinforces my previous opinion barring inner-relationship material to which we aren't privy. My wife made no mention towards marriage whatsoever while we dated. I deployed about 1.5 years into the relationship, spent 9 months apart...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Eomer, off the cuff here I think an issue may be that society doesn't recognize many roles for women in a long-term relationship other than wife/partner or girlfriend/sextoy. The girlfriend status is appropriate for a few years, but I think many women feel that, drawn out for a long period, it...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Try wider and knees more outward. You should be able to do correct (core straight, heels firmly on ground) air squats before putting any weight on. The next transition would be doing goblet squats; hold a 20lb dumbbell in front of you while doing it. Here is a good video:High Bar Squat vs...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I think the biggest culprit I see for this are taller men keeping their feet pointed straight ahead and knees relatively close together. I'm 6'1 and I can't do more than a half-squat with that posture. I stand like this. I also do "low-bar squats" as recommended in the newbie...
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    Racism - Lets keep it civil. Also, Gravy is white.

    Yea... that's a little outside my price range, even if I'm genuinely interested in the topic.
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    Racism - Lets keep it civil. Also, Gravy is white.

    Well, I can kinda grasp the idea that the SAT is biased towards upbringing/education... basically all the preparatory work. I thought the Bell Curve used a distinctly non-biased test; no language involved... I dunno, I remember someone on this forum linking a chart that showed blacks from...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    I made fun of cereal bars on mumble last night but then followed right up with: they ought to go pay 400% markup for poison at a bar like a normal adult. I enjoy bars and talking to people over a shared hobby: getting drunk. I can empathize with people who want a social environment but don't...
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    Racism - Lets keep it civil. Also, Gravy is white.

    I'd be curious to see how the bell curve was debunked. I thought it was pretty commonly accepted in academia that races score substantially differently on IQ tests; even tests designed specifically to be non-biased. I thought the debate had moved on to why this is so.
  27. Eidal

    Weight Loss Thread

    Ubi, I'm not sure how old you are but at my age (30), I would tell my peers that their first 30 days ought to be focused almost exclusively on flexibility and general conditioning. Sedentary people shitstomp themselves on their first day in a gym; absolutely no reason to put a barbell on...
  28. Eidal

    Weight Loss Thread

    What about with coconut oil?
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    Torrents

    IPT invite, anyone?
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Discuss safe steroid usage and ask questions.
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    Gender Integration in the Infantry, and how Robots fight Misogyny

    What I'm not fine with is covering up the extra investment cost. Ultimately this comes down to money and if women cost more to train than men (those two did) then at least it ought to be discussed.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Okay, my understanding is that Brad is the President and has a majority share in the corporation. When you say "has no control over the money", can you help explain to me how that can be? I'm not well-versed in how companies like this operate.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I wonder how much of the first round of funding was paid directly to Brad as a cash advance.
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    Most Hated Man in America

    The ELI5 version I heard of this was that it takes some up-front investment to get factories and other shit online producing the drug. There is no guarantee of profit since ultimately this guy can just drive the price back down (or, recant, as he ended up doing).
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    Computer Issues

    I passed that onto him. It's actually an SSD, if that matters.
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    Computer Issues

    Friend started having BSOD while booting into Windows. Reformatted, and now it shuts down when he manipulates anything on the desktop. Claims to have "ruled out everything except mobo" after running a smart test (passed) and an 8+ hour ram test. I suspect HD failure despite smart test... any...
  37. Eidal

    Weight Loss Thread

    I'd talk to a professional before pursuing anything just to cover all bases... but Crossfit is known to cause injury -- doing olympic lifts for speed is more risky than taking it slow and focusing on form. Have you considered doing light squats/lunges to try and build up your knees? Maybe...
  38. Eidal

    Weight Loss Thread

    What type of exercise was causing knee issues? There may be a way to build up your knee tissue/muscle without stressing it in the same manner.
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    Gender Integration in the Infantry, and how Robots fight Misogyny

    Hot off the presses. Officials: Marine commandant recommends women be banned from some combat jobs