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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Healer queues are bad for LFR on your server? We usually use them to get the dps/tanks in, since it's near instant.
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    Where's my fucking snuggie

    I just had this pizza conversation about twice in the last three days. Driving me nuts that I can't find a good pizza place near where I am on the west coast. (Most San Fran/Redwood City/Palo Alto) I think I literally try a new one every week and I am always disappointed. Except for...
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    StarCraft 2

    I don't know why this would begoodwriting, unless you mean it might take the crappiness of it and kick it up a notch because of a twist. I mean, I could see that actually happening and about a billion different spin offs that would all be better than what we got, but I don't know if that...
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    SimCity

    Been done! And jesus, fuck that Origin crap. At least I am getting Dead Space 3 for free. :P
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    Should you tip the waitress and how much thread

    The BF paid for the meal so I assume he did. Don't know what he tipped her. He's not prone to tipping for bad service but I didn't ask.
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    Should you tip the waitress and how much thread

    Went out to eat the other night, and I ordered chicken marsala over linguini. The server brings it back and it's spaghetti. I mention it to her and she just looks at me and goes, "Oh, well..." Told her I ordered linguini; who knows whose fault it was - most cooks in those places are good at...
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    StarCraft 2

    I found the missions refreshing. Not quite as...deep as the WOL campaign, but it was nice to be doing something other than saving refugees. Hero units made everything relatively faceroll, though I think i would like to have played as Raynor prior. I didn't think the story was any less good...
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    StarCraft 2

    I had issues where commanding a squad to a specific area at the same time someone's little picture + voice gets activated my game would freeze for a tick. Sounds and dialogue still going, but can't do anything. Only happened a few times, and mainly in a specific mission. (The gorgon mission.)
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Samosas are probably the best to try - if you eat mexican food they should be familiar with cumin, and those things are fairly close. Also they have relatively normal ingredients, so won't be too far fetched. I love them - I don't like frozen food but trader joe's has their own version that...
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    StarCraft 2

    Anyone else buy from amazon? Checked my order and it says it won't be here till the 14th, but they are generally good about getting things out early to meet the release date.
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    Ahh I guess that was my mistake. I didn't bring any ranged companions except Varric; Isabela was my love interest so I kept her around to build up rep or to hear her convos, and then it was usually Fenris or Aveline. My character would never get knocked out, but Isabela would go down fairly...
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    Assassinate, pinpoint strikes and marked for death abilities as a rogue hawke were wtf good. My rogue playthrough had nothing *but* rogues; I felt like it was sort of all in. On the hardest settings your only option was to quickly and efficiently eliminate everyone without taking damage and...
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    StarCraft 2

    Same. Excited nonetheless though!
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    You realize lawry's is basically just a simple bunch of ingredients, and has most of the same stuff the sriracha salt has, minus the awesome sriracha? The only thing it is missing is turmeric, onion and sugar, which can get fucked anyways. Also, would not put lawry's on eggs, but would...
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    SimCity

    Why? The actual reviews for the product were good; when i saw it at E3 it looked pretty amazing. Still does, the servers are just fucked. Ah fuck. It's Dumar. I done been trolled yo.
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    SimCity

    Generally, you cooperate with the players around you for what you will build. So say you build a power plant. The neighboring cities buy their power from you. You notice sometime afterwards they make an expensive purchase. You close your power plant. They have no power, can't afford to...
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Thank you Merrith - the caps beating the ever living piss out of Florida last night gave me a relatively quiet hockey night at home. It was blissful. Edit: Oh and that vid of the guy going headfirst into the boards seriously made me sick to my stomach. I watched the video before I read that...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    So for those of us who love Sriracha sauce: Link: Sriracha Salt Sounds amazing; the seasoning to end all other seasonings.
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    SimCity

    Sims/SimCity are ridiculously big in Europe - a good amount of effort goes into keeping the european fans happy. Haven't been able to play for longer than about 20 minutes; super awesome launch!
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    Planescape Torment Kickstarter: A spiritual sequel to be set in Monte Cook's Numenera

    PS:Torment is one of my all time favorite games, if not *the* favorite game. It's something I fondly remember and despite the fact that it looks rather aged these days I find it's still entirely playable just because it's so well done and unique. Funded, because jesus christ I've been...
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    Then you are whacked.
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    I think you're going a bit overboard with the "terrible in every way possible".
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    Since we're beating the dead horse, notice I said, "the game wasn't 100% at all, but the ending was the shittiest part". Also, the only people involved in the ending were Casey Hudson and Mac Walters. If we want to beat it, beat it appropriately and correctly. The original dark matter ending...
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    Without beating the dead horse, part of the reason people were upset is that you build relationships with characters for 3 games and then whamp. A whole lot of nothing. At the very least, this fixes that part. Also, realize that while ME3 was not 100% the whole game, the shittiest part was...
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    So..let me just say... The citadel DLC was amazing. The arena thing is great; that in and of itself is a huge amount of content. Tons of enemies to fight, people to take with you, prizes you get to change the fights (removing things like medi gel, ammo, increasing enemy difficulty etc...
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    SimCity

    Yea, I can't claim a city at all. Super.
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    If you don't recruit her the first time you see her, she's not part of your party - I have to imagine you can get her later, because that changes at least one of the major parts of act 2, though not in a big way. As far as DA:O, there was a lot of cheese you could do. Planting Alistair in a...
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    DLC is pretty good - the apartment is awesome and you get memorable lines pretty early into it. A little bit of misty eye-ness as you cruise through it too. Haven't finished yet since a bunch of stuff came out today, but I like it thus far.
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    Right. If you've beat the game your save point should be right before the Illusive Man's base, and everything will be unlocked by that point.
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    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    Robin Sachs does the voice for Zaeed. If you weren't aware, he died in February. This is one of the last pieces of his voice acting. I've mentioned before that often I get more excited about games when I know the voice actors, or at least if they return, and I'm fond of them. Bioware games...
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    League Of Legends

    Actually, I think it's the opposite. Other than Quinn, the newer champs that you see played a lot in tournies seem to be really OP. So people see the streams, they buy the chars, play them, then they get brought down to a better level. Elise is still probably OP, since you can build her...
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    [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening 2/04/13

    The free Marth DLC (Champions of Yore 1) that you can download is excellent for this. There's also something called EXPonential Growth to level off of, but that's not viable until a bit later, and it also costs money. The enemies all run from you in that one but they'll still counter you...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Holy shit that looks amazing. I was really excited for the braised pork and sauerkraut I am making tonight but now I just want to go to shabuway. =/
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    NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread

    Panthers had their coach as backup goalie today? Whatttttt...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    That looks good. Shabu shabu has a way of turning everything fucking amazing. We have a place 5 minutes from us that we go to regularly. (Shabuway in Cali.) It's so good, and they have green tea creme brulee, which is the most delicious dessert I think I've ever had.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Cow tongue is not...bad. The most important part is cleaning it - it looks fucking terrible, and it's really hard to tell what you have to get rid of and what you have to keep. You actually need to scrub it too, and then put it in cold water to soak for hours, making sure to change the water...
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    Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman

    Dislike almonds, but I love cashews, pistachios and pecans. The rest of the nuts can get fucked. Had a chick that worked next to me in a cube when I worked in a silly office - she'd bring a giant bag of mixed nuts and munch on them over a few days. She hated cashews, so I'd have a pile on a...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    At least tell me you're using a court bouillon to boil it. Or, that you're putting in a whole chicken and adding a ton of aromatics and mirepoix to it. Bonus: The stock can be used as a base for 8 billion sauces, or for delicious soups.
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    Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

    Looks amazing. The way that trailer presented has me all antsy, pirates are awesome.
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    Should you tip the waitress and how much thread

    I'm sensitive to it, because it was rough. I couldn't hack it. The stress, coupled with being under appreciated, and even the job not being really understood led me to pursue other avenues of revenue. I still cook all the damn time, but mostly for friends and family, just because I love it...