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  1. Burns

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    Used? Do you replace the cloth part of the muffs when you get them, because having some unknown persons skin, oil, and sweat imbedded (along with who knows what may have been spilled/soaked through) due to hours and hours of use, sitting on my skin sounds disgusting. Watch an Asmondgold video...
  2. Burns

    The Last of Us

    Not sure if serious, but if so, I guess the lifting bros over at the misc missed how much controversy the second game got when it was released. I played neither game but know all about it due to how it tied into the whole continuing Gamergate culture war. Hell, I even remember a comedy game...
  3. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Picking things willy nilly and going your own way is one thing, but stumbling into perhaps the best way to totally gimp yourself is another. In both the DnD and Pathfinder games, of all time periods, pure classes are viable in all content outside of maybe the hardest difficulty(s), which is...
  4. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    It sounds like you have no idea what you are doing. Multiclassing is not really for N00bs. Fighter is generally better than Barb, or was, but not by a lot, just respec and pick one. Fighters get Action Surge that gives an extra action and it's recovered on a short rest. The best Battle Master...
  5. Burns

    The Video Thread

    From the archive, best drummer to ever drum. Pretty sure he is a Jedi, since he doesn't need sticks: Here is Muse, who is so talented they all switched instruments before the show and it still sounds just like the studio!
  6. Burns

    The Video Thread

  7. Burns

    Drugs to steer clear of

    Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise where shit like this turns up, but thought it was a bit funny. Was watching a police video of a 140 MPH chase and while searching the perp's car one of the cops says he thinks they found Kraytom. None of them knew what the fuck it truly is, including the guy who...
  8. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    So did they add a bunch of stuff to chapter 3 to "finish" it like they said they may do, back when it was released? I think Sven talked about the Noble Quarter, which was scrapped part way through development. I am assuming no, as that would have probably got the most publicity.
  9. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    The Warhammer bit is a statement from the IP holder, not the studio or the studio owner (has Game's Workshop changed anything else after the backlash of the first change?), but yea, for Ishtar I looked at the main statement on the About page, not the Team page where they list all their pronouns...
  10. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Let's see, scanning though some games I've played somewhat recently that I don't recall/see anything woke with Schedule I, The Last Spell, X4, Dominions 5, Hero's Hour, SpellForce Conquest of Eo, Distant Worlds 2, and Warhammer 40K Battlesector.
  11. Burns

    The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

    Part of the reason multiclass works so well with EQ is the low amount of abilities EQ classes get. WoW classes already had a full bar+ of abilities in Vanilla, so I wouldn't think having 3 classes of abilities would work as well in that game.
  12. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    By me not playing Kingdom Come Deliverance 2? I may have thought the first one was mediocre, but it was the gays! I personally don't care, as long as the game is good, but saying everything is woke now is not true when there are so many indie games on the market. AAA+ gaming in general is trash...
  13. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Lies. Soulash 2 isn't woke and probably better than anything EA has produced in 20 years. The dev got in "trouble" for not bending the knee and putting in same sex relationships when the whole point of relationships in the game was to make babies.
  14. Burns

    The Last of Us

    People download shit still?!? There are a plethora of pirate streaming sites:
  15. Burns

    Homesteading and Hobby Farm/Ranch

    For the hobby/small farm size: This guy tested a few different fly traps and found fly paper wrapped around drums/bins to still be best and cheapest. He even made a cheap movable cart so he can keep it close to the where the cattle are:
  16. Burns

    The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

    CLR/DRU/ENC is probably still the best buffbot, even though Enc buffs aren't nearly as important with the server buffs for mana regen and haste. Damage shield is great for leveling from 1 to 15 very quickly, by running through Crushbone w/o stopping, twice (non-respawning, then respawning), but...
  17. Burns

    All I can say about the balance in my game ... 😏

    I woke up in a Soho doorway... a policeman knew my name...
  18. Burns

    The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

    I was running two toons at the same time though Time for a week or so, even though I couldn't kill Quarm on one. Switching back and forth as the 15m cooldowns were on cooldown after phase 3. Some bosses I would do w/o cooldowns and could have probably got more efficient usage on switching back...
  19. Burns

    The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

    Sk/RoG/Wiz can get close to those numbers too while still in ~50% or so Luclin BiS. Here are some of the old Quarm kills and the last fail w/o curing a single slow: Rallos was low DPS, due to needing to hold cooldowns until add phases, hard cast taps and use a shield, but Inny and CT are...
  20. Burns

    The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

    I thought about it yeah, but little interest in leveling items up anymore, so I haven't played in a week or two. Having my SK/RoG/Wiz go from killing Quarm fairly easily to getting obliterated by him over and over before 90%, on two different Quarms, killed the rest of my motivation to do...
  21. Burns

    The Heroes Journey (Multiclass EQemu Progression Server)

    Splitting the councle in PoEarth B sucks for a chance at 1 item. I just used the Timeless Tier BPs instead. SK for tank/DPS and Cleric or Pal for Support pet bags. Plus, the class gear comes lego, so it can stay tradeable, and no need to level shit up. Shielding is king for tanking: Of...
  22. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    They produced the 2600 from 1977 to 1992, so most of the board could have technically played it new, even if they were toddlers mashing button. I remember seeing the woodie version and paddle controllers at some relatives house, but only remember playing the black and silver plastic version with...
  23. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    As dull as the article on the archeological site is, it's still about a site at Gaza, which seems rather difficult to make up with that much detail. From what I found on him, you may be thinking of his claim that modern Egyptians are almost all descendent from ancient Egyptians. That upset a...
  24. Burns

    Spartacus

    Having a hard time finding how long the Starz CEO, Jeffrey Hirsch, has been the CEO. Is he the guy that canceled a bunch of shows in 2019, Counterpart being one of them, in order to better appeal to "premium women" with some new shows they were going to develop (along with more seasons of...
  25. Burns

    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    Youtube version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_explosion
  26. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    Right, you have made it clear. You are making up your own shit so you can feel smart/superior in your "knowledge" to people who dedicate their life to studying this stuff. Just like all the other conspiracy nuters. Sorry for not lumping you in with them previous to this, I shall proceed...
  27. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    So the Undersecretary of the State for the Giza Monuments, Dr. Zahi Hawass is wrong? None of this stuff exists and is all made up? https://www.guardians.net/hawass/buildtomb.htm This article from 2011 is wrong (can't use modern stuff because it's all woke, right?)...
  28. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    So, when estimates say if it took 10,000 - 30,000 people to build the pyramids, none of them were slaves?
  29. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    The hell he didn't. The people working on the project are the ones that build it. If 80% of the workers were cement mixer truck drivers, then cement mixer truck drivers built it. What percent of the workforce would you say were slaves?
  30. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    Obtuse my ass, in just this statement you make it sound like you are saying slaves did all the unskilled labor. Which is moving all the stones around and even rough cutting the huge stone blocks at the quarry for transport. That's 80% of the work of building the pyramids and if slaves did 80%+...
  31. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    "We signed publishing agreements with companies, so IGN still wants to collect those checks." Hope those indie devs have some way to get out of the contracts...
  32. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    According to this it is "just" layoffs:
  33. Burns

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Here is Humble Games: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/HumbleGames Slay the Spire looks to be a different company:
  34. Burns

    Dragon Age: Why We Can't Have Nice Things

    Using AI voice work to fix the trailer:
  35. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    Well you were certainly as clear as mud, as I thought you were saying that the vast majority of workers on the pyramids were slaves. Especially since you took such umbrage with me saying there were 10s of thousands of workers that could be working on any part of the carvings and stone smoothing...
  36. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    There doesn't seem to be any evidence that they pushed very far into Nubia; most of the deep desert is impenetrable to militaries and the terrain becomes very rough as you cross into that part of the Nile. I doubt border skirmishes would produce enough slaves for them to make the ones they...
  37. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    Slaves were not that expendable, they would have provided them shelter and the certainly had to feed them (which means a huge logistical support network). Egypt didn't have places to just go capture large amounts of replacement slaves. They had deserts to the east, deserts to the west, water to...
  38. Burns

    Ancient Civilizations

    So you are saying they went through the trouble of paving a large area to then put the lowest rung of their society on (slaves), then every so often they would come by and clear them out instead of building more permanent structures over 30 or more years? Also, that the paved area was large...