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  1. Ukerric

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Moving Mars. Despite being the "third" in a series, it works as a stand-alone. One of my favorites. Alternatively, Eon. When you have an O'Neill colony that has an infinite length. Literally infinite. (and yes, he did some Halo novels, because if people shovel you money, you might as well. The...
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    One less of the great classic SciFi writers. R.I.P. Greg Bear:
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    AssHat 2022 Voting Round 3! Do It!

    Foler vs. BrutulTM Soygen vs. BoozeCube Araysar vs. Mudcrush Durtfeet Bandwagon vs. DickTrickle Rajaah vs. Lightning Lord Rule phisey vs. Bubbles Chris vs. RobXIII pysek vs. fanaskin
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    So the side quests are not really side quests, they're random filler.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    "During your journey, which should take you around 8 hours." So apparently, the MSQ is short, not enough to level to max, and you have to fill your bar with random side stuff. Eh. "I play for the story", indeed.
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    AssHat 2022 Voting Round 2!!!

    Do filthy french get the right to vote? Oh, illegal vote around here, right. 1. Foler 2. Lithose 3. Soygen 4. BoozeCube 5. Mr. Sox 6. Mudcrush Durfeet 7. Bandwagon 8. Blazin 9. Hoss 10. Lightning Lord Rule 11. phisey 12. Bubbles 13. Nirgon 14. RobXIII 15. pysek 16. fanaskin
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    MTG thread

    At the moment, it looks like they're trying to amp special ultra-rare collectibles (it started with the Secret Lairs, of course, then came "old Legends" "numbered special edition"). Plus the ludicrous cash grab that was the 30th anniversary edition. Thing is, all of this happened before in the...
  8. Ukerric

    Roguelike... City Builder (Against the Storm)

    Learning the possible production lines is critical (I'm still doing that).
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    Roguelike... City Builder (Against the Storm)

    We have: - Humans - Furries (beavers) - Scalies (lizards) - Avians (harpies) so I'm expecting the fifth race to be some insectoids, of course.
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    Roguelike... City Builder (Against the Storm)

    It's cheap and entertaining. I wonder what the 5th species will be, though.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It worked. I did pick the sub, since I knew I was going to keep playing anyway at the time, so it was a free game. I only finished D3 about three years ago, after dropping WoW. :rolleyes:
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    Roguelike... City Builder (Against the Storm)

    Early access now unlocked on Steam, and there's a 15% off until Nov 8th. (haven't time to play right now, maybe later today)
  13. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Some of those souls seem to have almost escaped...
  14. Ukerric

    Which computer chair do you use? Needs to be poopsock viable

    The Embody was a rebranded version of one of their chairs, yes. This one is a specific and distinct design, it seems.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Even today. A Falcon Heavy can sent 17 tons to TLI (Translunar Insertion), which is nearly three times James Webb. You need a little more Delta-V for the lagrange point that Webb was sent to, but not that much more. The James Webb cost 8.8 billion to make, and 700 million to launch (mostly...
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    Will Wight

    I'm absolutely going to use that somewhere...
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    NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards

    My friend with a 3090 got it only for two reasons: - He had a "substantial" gift credit to spend before 12/31/2021 - He has a son who does 3D renders (went from "the night" to "what do you mean, I can't even pour myself a drink in the kitchen")
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    VR Gaming - Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, HTC Vive

    Double pass. 1500$... and Meta.
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    Manor lords

    What's more is that, if you have a house, the wife is usually tending the garden (for extra food) while the man is off working as whatever. I love the irregular plots aesthetic, and the realistic use of oxen as transport for wood and heavy stuff.
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    Roguelike... City Builder (Against the Storm)

    Early Access is already ongoing, but only on Epic Store. The release is scheduled for Oct 18th, and that's when it lands on Steam as well. (assuming no delays)
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    Embers Adrift

    Almost every MMO that uses steam use it exclusively as the launcher, not the MMO part.
  22. Ukerric

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    By whom? People who might buy this type of operation would be interested in: - Useful technology (there is none whatsoever) - Or, useable assets (very little of that) - Or, a competent team ready to use (not a bunch of part-timers working on a shoestring) - Or, an established playerbase (which...
  23. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    An Alien Mothership crashes on Mars in 2022. First american on Mars in 2025.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Just removing the stranglehold of the Congressional oversight would do most of it, though. Imagine NASA getting the same budget as a lump sum and no fixed ten-points objectives by the Space Committee, just auditing of the finances.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    That's catfish, not seafood...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Unsurprising. Hydrogen may offer the best performance, but it is finicky.
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    EDIT: Nevermind, I'm stupid with homonyms
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    What book would you like to see adapted to Movies or TV?

    EDIT: NVM (shouldn't post in the morning without at least two mugs of coffee in my brain)
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    Will Wight

    Book 1 - 8:45 Book 2 - 8:23 Book 3 - 11:01 Book 4 - 8:43 Book 5 - 9:16 Book 6 - 10:42 Book 7 - 9:32 Book 8 - 14:39 <--- the chonkiest Book 9 - 11:12 Book 10 - 13:07 Book 11 - 12:28 You're welcome. It could be worse. It could be the Wandering Inn (shortest: 34 hours, longest: 61 hours).
  30. Ukerric

    LitRPG

    It's more of the Blade 2 scene where you got Blade lounging in a bathrobe and Nyssa in shorttop massaging his shoulders :) (the explanation is also pure Jason, you'll see)
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    LitRPG

    That's entirely possible that I'm mistaking books (as I've read them on RR rather than AMZ). Things are slow anyway, so it could be book 8 (in which case book 8 spoiler becomes book 9). I don't think he's rewritten it, because it is fairly significant. (just checked, and the chapters including...
  32. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Oh, I think some at the top realize this. The problems is that, with an 18-year old game, there is no viable solution to fix it. Bandaid, yes. Fix? No, not truly. The fact is, wholescale changes run the massive risk to alienate the current, still paying, playerbase, without the slightest...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Secret said that WoW has not innovated since Cataclysm, but I'd argue that Cataclysm didn't introduce any lasting mechanic. And it's not 2 years, it's worse. When you think of the modern basic mechanics that make today's WoW, you think of: - Using flying Mounts (introduced with Burning Crusade)...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I knew before I opened the link it was going to be homo stuff since it was heavily promoted. Not been disappointed.
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    Twitch.tv

    Fun fact: unless I'm mistaken - but I don't see Camavinga there, he's the only one in the team that isn't - all of them were born in France, and a lot of them in Paris.
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    Twitch.tv

    One of my friends got that by accident (early birth). He always gets severe hassles when he goes to the USA when they spot his birthplace and ask where his US passport is ("don't have one, I don't live here" "but why???"). Before you ask the same question: he's a pure communist, so even your...
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    Twitch.tv

    Here, at birth: - One of your parents is French : you're French, no matter where you're born - You're born in France from two parents who DO NOT have a nationality at all: you're French - You're born in France, and at least one of your non-French parents was also born in France Then, you can...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Scott "FLY SAFE!!!" Manley seemed to think the G were harsh, but eminently survivable for that short duration.
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    Will Wight

    When Lindon bows respectfully and utters the word "Gratitude", powerful men blanch. Weapons are death-grasped instinctively. Sphincters open up uncontrollably.