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  1. Gravel

    Battlefield 6

    https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/battlefield-6s-anti-cheat-has-already-stopped-330-000-attempts-to-cheat-in-the-open-beta-but-players-are-still-calling-out-wallhackers-who-slip-through-the-net/
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    Investing General Discussion

    Sounds about right. Granted, it's not the same metric you're talking about, but I'm always checking IWM to see how it's doing. It's basically always flat. It's why I feel like I need to dump the rest of the US economy and go with the highest proportion of tech possible. Because everyone else is...
  3. Gravel

    Wednesday

    I mean, was the first season actually any good? I barely remember it, but I seem to recall it was a cool setting, but the actual show was like a bad CW teen angst plot with an equally retarded whodunit.
  4. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    It's weird they're calling Perry the "giant spoiled brat" when it sounds like that's exactly how the faggot who sold the house is acting. Also, fuck him for trying to garner sympathy as a "veteran."
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    You seem to be purposefully missing the point just to create an argument. Have fun with that, not worth my time.
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    The point he was making was that if you have $5m, you're not flying a private jet. No matter how well your portfolio does, you'll never be the super rich. Yeah, it will provide you with more comfort, but you're still only living marginally better. I hope this doesn't sound gloating, but when...
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    This kind of reminds me of a video I was watching yesterday that talked about the marginal value of each dollar saved. The broader topic was about "tiers" of net worth. One of those tiers was $1-10M, and how the majority of people who make it to $1M will never see the next tier, and it's largely...
  8. Gravel

    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Saw a shorter clip of this a couple weeks ago, and I forgot how good that song is (song in 2nd video if you don't care about Grohl playing Pantera/Anthrax drummer's kit).
  9. Gravel

    Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

    It's a bizarre argument to make though. None of the original people are involved (all the actors are dead and I dunno what the writers and producers status is), and the movie literally shares the name of the first movie. It's a soft reboot at best. It's most definitely not a sequel, or it'd be...
  10. Gravel

    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    At first you're just like...that looks just like a wave. Then the dog almost gets swallowed.
  11. Gravel

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

    I say this in so many threads. Every time you go see something just because it's a habit even though you know it's retarded, you're ensuring you just get more of it.
  12. Gravel

    Ashes of Creation

    Probably upgrade to a new engine in a few years. Since it's taking so long.
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    The problem becomes, many people that say "I want to work until I'm 65+" end up being pushed out of the job prior to that. You don't want to be one of those people. I also disagree with your assertion that people can't save up $1 million by retirement. They absolutely can, the problem is people...
  14. Gravel

    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    That reminds me too of something I'd read a bit before we retired. It was about how it's pretty uncommon for someone who is able to actually save up enough to retire to go their entire retirement without picking up any extra income here or there. When you calculate you need $x a year, it's...
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    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    I'm not as old as most of you (41). But the first thing you need to do is figure out what your annual expenses are. Like, no shit what they are, not guesstimates. Include everything. That means the bullshit you spend $5 on here and there, all the way through your mortgage and health insurance...
  16. Gravel

    The Naked Gun (2025)

    Veep is fucking nuts after the Biden presidency. It was funny when it first aired. It was sad a decade later.
  17. Gravel

    The Naked Gun (2025)

    I think someone mentioned it before, but Angie Tribeca (Rashida Jones) was very much a successor to the Naked Gun type of comedy. And that was mid to late 2010s I think.
  18. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    It's 2025. You expect the government to have some sort of system in place that utilizes technology? Nope they're going to call up places on a landline god damnit.
  19. Gravel

    The Naked Gun (2025)

    That would be extremely worrying that a comedy like Naked Gun that's basically nonstop gags, would only have 2 minutes of jokes.
  20. Gravel

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

    I feel like the simulation is breaking and just fucking with us now. I don't know what the hell is even going on anymore.
  21. Gravel

    Wednesday

    Going for that Marilyn Manson look.
  22. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I agree with your last statement. A lot of the worlds in MMOs are absolutely shit. One of the things that makes me hopeful for MnM is that the world is actually really well crafted. Granted I haven't seen a ton of it, only having made it to level 12.
  23. Gravel

    The Official Drum Thread

    So looks like Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails just swapped drummers. Ilan Rubin from NIN is joining the Foo Fighters, and Josh Freese is going back to Nine Inch Nails to replace Rubin. Weird stuff.
  24. Gravel

    Grounded 2 (Obsidian entertainment)

    If you at all like survival games, I think Abiotic Factor really stands out from the rest. The graphics are a bit janky, but man is it well thought out and absolutely massive in content. I tried Grounded when it first hit EA and it just didn't do it for me. Started playing it a couple weeks ago...
  25. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I played fighter. I mentioned before looking at wizard and it seemed...lackluster. It's definitely interesting looking at their stats, it seems like it's actually movement speed which is driving players to classes. Shaman, druid, and bard all get to run fast the soonest, and they're all top of...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I mentioned it during this latest test, but they really nailed the grouping aspect. Every group I had, people were utilizing group chat and actually captured something I only remember EQ having. If they can solve my issue I have now as an adult where I need to take a quick break from the group...
  27. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I dunno, I feel like mercs are just soloing with extra steps. Ignore the models for them, how is it any different than say, the AA system? Or a new spell/skill? Actually, more aptly, it's just adding a pet. Speaking of AAs, I know they're somewhat controversial with EQ, but I feel like they're...
  28. Gravel

    7 Days to Die

    Use the Steam options to go back to the experimental builds. Not sure how far back you can go. Alpha 12 maybe?
  29. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    I didn't mean the Fed. Someone like ZH, or shit, someone from Trump's admin since they're so annoyed with Powell.
  30. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    I wish they'd start publishing how much extra in interest payments we're paying by not cutting by say, .25 BP, each time they have a Fed meeting where nothing happens.
  31. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Is this an option I'm unaware of? As I've said, I'm early retired and have tons of free time I'd love to kill grinding this shit out and providing feedback they ignore.
  32. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I assumed all melee were about on par with that. My comment was more about caster DPS looking incredibly weak.
  33. Gravel

    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    Our 7.1 lasted close to a minute. It was terrifying. Magnitudes are crazy though. 8.8 is about 50x larger, and 350x as much energy release than the one we had. I can't even imagine.
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    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    Am I missing something? Those look like normal waves.
  35. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Oof, I considered wizard for the next test. Looked at the spells on the wiki and no fucking thanks. To me it looks like they do marginally more damage than my fighter at level 12, but with the bonus of having to sit there and meditate for hours to get all the mana back to actually do it. Those...
  36. Gravel

    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    Reading about it, that spot has some of the biggest earthquakes in history. 1737 earthquake which had tsunamis estimated at 66-98ft 1841 earthquake which had a 15ft tsunami in Hawaii, 49ft elsewhere 1951 earthquake 49-59ft tsunami All estimated to be in the 9.0+ range
  37. Gravel

    Geology, Earthquakes and Volcanos

    Upgraded to an 8.7 now. That's a fucking monster. It's funny, the other day I was thinking that most of the time tsunami warnings amount to nothing. I believe this one will create a pretty catastrophic tsunami.
  38. Gravel

    7 Days to Die

    Best way to handle it early game is build a wooden chest, plop it on the ground, dump all the shit you don't need immediately, and put a map marker so you remember where it is.
  39. Gravel

    Spartacus: House of Ashur

    The comments are great though. Highly recommend.
  40. Gravel

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    "Interplayer communication" is either yelling in ooc "what the fuck does this item go to?" or going into the Discord and yelling "what the fuck does this item go to?" Eventually those will be replaced by Wiki entries.