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  1. Eidal

    Casual Rerolled WoW guild - Hyjal Horde

    You craft the Secrets of Draenor Enchanting to buy recipes. Don't fret over the Garrison; min-maxing may provide some gold income but the most important thing to do is generate follower upgrade items via the War Mill / Salvage Yard to get your followers up to 645 so they can starting getting...
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    American Sniper

    None of which has anything to do with a movie about a man who did and survived some incredible shit and tried to make a family work during and after it.
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    H1Z1 (Not actually an MMO) - Server: Antidote (info in first post)

    I see people repeatedly complaining about KOS. As someone foreign to this genre, could you explain why you'd have any expectation otherwise? I'm just not seeing the benefit game-theory wise to trust random strangers on the internet. A) Kill everyone you see; get their loot. B) Trust...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Honeymoon stage? You cynical bastards -- five hour long daily phone calls is totally routine for any relationship!
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    Weight Loss Thread

    What Itlan means is that he had some pharmaceutical help (very common for actors preparing for roles that require a large body composition change). Do you notice how that articlepurposelydoesn't address that point at all? He also probably took coconut oil.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I think that physique more appropriately captures what a strong man looks like. Time is more efficiently spent developing back/chest/core/legs than doing seven permutations of bicep curls. Plus, if you thinned him down to 10 percent BF and dehydrated him a little he'd look more like a...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Agreed, Cad. I understand why a SOCOM guy (or an actor depicting one) wants to be strong. I also understand why you don't think its necessary. You are 6'1 180 (?) and want to get smaller, I'm 6'1 210 and want to get bigger. We obviously have different goals. Have you considered that the...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Tons of food and composite lifts. I mean, powerlifting refers to squats/deads/bench...? I am like 95 percent sure that you could eat a shit-ton of food and squat/dead/bench your way to a pretty amazing physique, it just takes a few years (unless you have some pharmaceutical help, or coconut...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Cad, by very nature of being a tall slender white male, is already in the top 10 percentile for looks. He is also a wealthy lawyer. I can understand why "leveling up" past a 225 bench seems kinda pointless to him, he has enough EXP in other areas of his life. Everyone gets to cruise with...
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    League Of Legends

    Unless you think you can carry like a demi-god in his games, it probably isn't even going to be worth it for him. Duo'ing (if I remember correctly) adds 100 flat MMR to your team which makes it substantially less likely for your teammates to do well. In other words, just winning lane isn't...
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    American Sniper

    Not because I think people need to defend their movie likes/dislikes as if its some objective thing but... This is the same Hollywood culture that turned the horror and divisiveness of the Vietnam War era into a movie about a platitude-spewing doofus with leg braces who in the face of...
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    American Sniper

    I wasn't trying to impugn your military experience, chaos. I couldn't even remember who used that line. My wife is a CTI1 who has never left Georgia and my brother was a communications Marine who never left California. Out of my super-limited sample size, we've all enjoyed it, regardless of...
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    American Sniper

    I'm an Afghanistan combat veteran and I enjoyed the movie. It captured very well the emotional cocktail of: frustration // we're here for goals that aren't well-aligned with the average sergeant, that our friends are being hurt and killed, that shit is going on back home and duty is pulling...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    In my gym, the fat people mess around on the cardio equipment. Staring at the TV, sweaty, walking at a 3mph pace. People with nice bodies pick up heavy things.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Interesting perspective -- I've heard people argue both sides of the belt thing. I'm definitely not even remotely close to a 2.7x bw squat so I think your example is a bit off... It'd be a 180 pound dood squatting 270 belt-less for my example. And I suspect chalk would help with the grip issue.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    It's not the perception of others, its the perception I have that people are using equipment to move weight that they aren't ready for yet. All my reading has indicated that belts aren't really safety gear and shouldn't be treated as such. If I can hold off on using equipment until things slow...
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    H1Z1 (Not actually an MMO) - Server: Antidote (info in first post)

    I disagree... I think you're witnessing the 2nd/3rd generation of a new genre. Think back to DOTA map on the War3 engine. Then we saw HoN (2nd generation) and LoL/Dota2 (3rd generation). We have HOTS/Smite (4th) coming up. People most assuredly didn't burn out playing the early MOBA...
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    Casual Rerolled WoW guild - Hyjal Horde

    If you're referring to the Highmaul Raid mission that comes up every two weeks, you only get one mission, and its ilvl is based on the if you've cleared 15 bosses in normal or heroic. 15 bosses in normal = Heroic cache, 15 bosses in Heroic = Mythic cache.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I have an irrational issue with any accessories right now -- there are far too many men in my gym belting up for a 1 plate squat or strapping up for the 225lb dead. My attitude has been a: I'll go belt/strapless for as long as I feel like its working, then I'll look into it. I get the...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Grats man -- I'm a while away from that. I think 5 years in the USMC gave me a headstart for lower body, and obviously the beginner routines (SS, SL) hit it hard too. I'm still about 2 months away from a 2 plate bench though. Super concerned about shoulder injury so taking it very slow. I...
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    Casual Rerolled WoW guild - Hyjal Horde

    It's so depressing that alliance and horde still can't group. Everytime I read this thread I think ("Oh I could help with --") then realize I can't. Boo... I thought this was America!!!
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I proposed April 2012 and was married September 2013. We were stationed cross-country at that point and it felt like a good time period for the engagement; she did 95 percent of the wedding planning from GA for a wedding in Seattle, while I was in CA. If it's just a backyard wedding with a...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Yea I agree completely McCheese. I do think there is something extra pathetic about a fat man being ashamed of the shit food he is actively consuming. If you're going to be a disgusting piece of shit may as well own it.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    I find it hard to believe that a grown man gives a shit what strangers think about the crap food he is eating. Let's be clear here: if you're eating at Dairy Queen you've already made a decision to throw nutrition out the window for that particular meal... and who gives a shit if your portion...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I'd rather throw apexis or honor at the coins; I can't envision myself ever using either currency. I have zero interest in doing the dailies, too, haha.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The AH relocates wealth, the scavengers actually create it. On my server, 1GR = 1g at the minimum, usually a bit more. I suspect Bliz has some internal metrics in how they want their gold faucets to work...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I claimed a 1.5x body weight squat after 8 months of work, you claimed a 2x body weight bench press after a year of work and losing 100lbs of body weight. That's top .01 percentile shit man. I know you're just kidding (about the competition) -- and honestly maybe I'm just a little salty...
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    Red99

    I thought it was hilarious that as a guildless 54 Warrior that Azrael would try to kill me instead of trying to recruit me.
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    Casual Rerolled WoW guild - Hyjal Horde

    On the topic of carrying newbs/undergeared, myverycasual guild had absolutely zero problem carrying a 620 illv feral through 6/7 and 4/7H (karg, brack, tec, twins). I'd guess the raid is about 645-650 ilvl with pretty minimal optimization (rare to see prepots, missing flasks, etc etc).
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    H1Z1 (Not actually an MMO) - Server: Antidote (info in first post)

    So for someone that always was intrigued by DayZ but hated the clunky shitty Arma2 engine, should I buy this now or wait a bit?
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Cite this "unambiguous" study; I think I'm reasonably well-versed in the research you're referencing... and saying that the medical community is united on this front is... ridiculous.
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    H1Z1 (Not actually an MMO) - Server: Antidote (info in first post)

    Teekey that sounds like exactly the type of gameplay they want to encourage. Fuck, once they hammer out the server issues a bit and clean things up I'll buy this game and make it rain with airdrops just for fun.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Nailed a 315 squat for a triple today. PR. I know my depth was solid too but the last one was a grinder on the way up. Whatever -- still feels good. I don't see many guys in my gym working with 3 plate+ squats and half of the ones that do are filthy half-reppers.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Lol, I have a friend who cycles through the "I want to get in shape" ---> "too busy, priorities changed" every few months. He ALWAYS comes up with some ridiculous routine like: twenty minutes elliptical, twenty crunches, twenty pushups.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I was using him as an example of a well-groomed, in-shape, charismatic man on the dating scene. In contrast to:
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    As an addendum, I'm pretty sure that a year spent EFFICIENTLY in the gym and a session or two with some type of fashion consultant would elevate most "normal men" to movie-star level of attractiveness. I live in fucking GA and I'm pretty sure that I could hire someone to take me through a...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I'm turning 30 in a few months. If I were to magically end up single, I'm sure I'd spend some time in that "stage" of "learning how to date in the 30s". Whatevs. And yea, Tenks, if you're an ugly little manlet then just hide away in a basement somewhere and don't strive for self-improvement...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Onoes, I'm sure you're a fun and personable guy -- I wouldn't mind knocking back a beer with you. To be honest, I haven't seen you actually discuss your goals in this thread. If you're just trying to get easy pussy then, yea whatever... you and I have such divergent goals that I can't...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Itlan, same issue here. I'm holding off for another month while I cut but having some serious issue with leg size. The huge majority of pants are not made for a man that picks heavy things up. I'll probably take measurements then PM Tenks for his wise denim advice. It's somewhat ironic; I...