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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Zoo is pretty common in tournaments as a counter-pick.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    HungryAsian and Arch really need to get together, slowing down the upper half of the bracket. Thanks to everyone who has been on top of playing their games.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Butter keepers....? They use a water seal to prevent oxidation and contamination. Having spreadable butter on demand is awesome. I dice stuff by hand. I'd be curious to see if that was actually a time saver, but not willing to invest in it.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    That is an old fashioned way of doing onions anyway. Radial cuts then slice is the standard technique taught today, but Gordon isn't likely to change when he has been doing it that way for... what? 40 years?
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    You know, in addition to recipes in the first post, what do people consider to be essential skills? There is the old adage that it is all about time, temperature, and salt, and the modern restaurant quality recipe catechism is always salt, fat, acid. But realistically cooking breaks down into a...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I started with consumer reports ratings and efficiency numbers, then checked customer reviews for a fairly large sample size of failure rate. I also ended up with a Whirlpool (though partially that was because I get a family member discount because my wife's Father's new wife works for a...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    In the last five years I've had some cream go bad on me once. I took a two week vacation and forgot about it. Maybe that is an issue for some people, but even indulging in homemade whipped cream once a week will use it up before it goes bad. If you cook Italian or French food? Forget about it...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Just appearance. How is it more expensive? I mean I wouldn't even factor in the miniscule price of the salt and pepper, so butter, heavy cream, parm. ~$6-7 for a 1/2 gallon of cream. Usually a cup (8oz) per batch, so $6.50/8 = $.81 for the cream. Butter is like $2-3 a pound, you use a whole...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Alfredo sauce is one of those things that is really easy to make from scratch. At its base it is butter, Parmesan, heavy cream, salt, and (preferably white) pepper. You can dot it in the time you're waiting for the pasta water to boil/pasta to cook.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    I beat Itkovian/Brand 3-2. Super close games.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Nice! Our first match finished. Also I went through and added everyone to my friends list, so if you have an issue and see me on you can also contact me that way. elidib beat Frenzic 3-1.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I find people do more reading if I link an article, rather than the study. I've read the study as well. Given the specificity of what they were looking at and the statistical significance of their findings, their sample size was more than adequate. But, again, it only can be really said to apply...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Give up grazing: Eating just TWO meals is better for weight loss than eating the same amount of calories in six | Mail Online Most recent study, but it concerns people with type 2 diabetes so may not be generally applicable. But there are actually a LARGE number of studies on meal frequency...
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Ah, good call. It being a bo5 is a new thing. Changing it now.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    They are the only two playing in the ro32 (Because we had more than 16 people but less than 32). Everyone else got a bye to the ro16. It was a totally random bracket, so yes, they have to play one more set than anyone else potentially will. You can click on the "players" tab to find your...
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Brackets are up! We had 17 people so there is one match in the ro32 and everyone else gets a bye. That was the delay, I had to manually advance everyone who got a bye. Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament | BinaryBeast
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    Hearthstone

    Ah, yeah, if I didn't have Cenarius I might run Onyxia. Though I'm not running Cenarius either right now, I was losing to faster versions of the deck so I sped mine up.
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    Hearthstone

    HS tournament brackets will be generated in like ~26min. If anyone wants to sign up last minute, make sure you get in! Best turn out yet. @Ancient: If you're running double combo, the game is over about ~60% of the time when you hit 9 mana. Which isn't turn 9, due to Wild Growth. Makes Onyxia...
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Everyone who is signed up right now is good to go. Half an hour till I generate brackets, so if you want to participate get in quick.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Managing heat on a grill is hard for a lot of people. It isn't about what I personally experience. Lots of people have this problem and it is trivial to deal with, whether you're an expert on a grill or not. Granted I don't actually struggle with perfectly cooking meat consistently (for a...
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Did you register on the site? I don't see anyone with a similar name or an unfilled out deck list.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    That is fine with me. We're on the honor system for deck lists. No one has cheated so far. I'd prefer not to have to monitor that, honestly.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Just need Gerbil and whoever HungryAsianGirl is to add their classes. Or post them.
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    Hearthstone

    Update for the tournament. The winner will get a custom title as a prize! Courtesy of Tuco.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Update! The winner will get a custom title as a prize! Courtesy of Tuco. @Frenzic: Official start at noon PST, yes, but it lasts all week. I might disqualify people who haven't play their first match by... like Saturday? This is an experiment voted on by the majority of participants, I'm just...
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    This Wednesday. At noon. Still need Vandyn, HungryAsianGirl, Frenzic, Brand, and AngryGerbil to post their classes or edit them in.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    OK. Everyone who hasn't added their classes yet, please do so or post them here. Also one person hasn't added their B.net tag.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    The steak is that overcooked because of the thickness. That is kind of the point being made in the graphic. That, regardless of thickness, sous vide cooks the entire thing perfectly. Though 15 second flips will get you very nearly the same results.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Needs to be three different classes. @Dyvim: No, both girls and trannies can feel free to enter. @Vandyn: There was a poll and the option that won was basically "tournament lasts for a week, play as you have time." So once it officially starts at noon Wednesday and the bracket goes up, you...
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    Hearthstone

    Rush Paladin is great... as a counter-pick in tournaments. Ladder? Not so much, because it has a REALLY hard time with Zoo. If your deck can't at least coin-flip vs Zoo, it isn't a good ladder deck.
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    Hearthstone

    Actually pretty happy there is a competitive Paladin deck going around. Was one of my favorite classes when I started out.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Hrm. Sure. I'll change it. @Frenzic: You're signed up, you just need to post your classes too. I remember last time some people had trouble editing their entries to add classes. If anyone has that issue, post your class list here and I'll add it for you. I'll also be pretty curious to see...
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    Potato Salad Kickstarter

    Reminds me of the guy who got a million dollars by asking for it on Youtube.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Remember a well done steak is not done well. Ever. Also pretty funny, though not as to the point.
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    Hearthstone

    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups Tournament sign ups are up. Tournament lasts all week, play as you have time won the poll, so we'll try it as an experiment. Signs up are open till noon Wednesday.
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    Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Sign-ups

    Update! The winner will get a custom title as a prize! Courtesy of Tuco. Update: Brackets are up!Third Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament | BinaryBeastFriend your opponent and lets get this started. So "play as you have time" won the poll. Sign ups start now and run till Wednesday at noon...
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    Best Credit Card with Cash Back Rewards

    That is on the Fatwallet list. I have it, great card.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Steak salad, steak sandwich are my go-tos. For the salad I don't mind cold, for the sandwich I make a quick sauce, toast the bun, make the sandwich and let it sit for a couple of minutes for the heat to evenly distribute.