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  1. Rezz

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Starts at level 30, special unlocks apparently from having finished the storyline quest up through 2.55 content since apparently you need to go to the main expansion city to get them.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yeah, it isn't good at all. It definitely requires more than one attempt for the new, and the other people have no patience for the new learning stuff.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Yeah, early gains in a lifting regimen coming from little/no experience or a long period of time off always skew the results a little. After about 3-6 months of consistently working out at moderate intensity (not trying to hit maxes each time, but not using sub 50% max weight either) you pretty...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Minfillia's main job is standing in places where important stuff happens. She doesn't actually do anything, but by god she'll stand around watching others do it. That video was pretty much amazing.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    This man knows his eggs.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I think the internal fighting is going to be Alexander, from the promo materials. His will probably be a long running fight where you go through "phases" of him being along certain portions of the skyship.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Pretty easy to over-cumin something, since like 1/3rd a teaspoon is enough for any single serving of something in most cases. Do you dust or measure?
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    Weight Loss Thread

    DT, that is only true when you aren't hitting the muscle groups consistently. If all you are doing is cardio, or extended cardio (what.) then you might be neglecting the muscle groups, which is what causes them to atrophy and shrink. If you have a balanced workout with cardio mixed in with...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    The only honest explanation for people at higher bodyfat% for losing strength in one area is because they changed the way they work out and don't hit that area to the same degree they did before. Usually this means that guys who were chunky and lifting regularly started doing cardio in place of...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    And Dan Green isn't 20% bodyfat, maybe 15% and I would say that is a very high ball number. Dude is pretty ripped. If he's under 15% bodyfat and drops 25lbs? Yeah, some of that is probably going to be muscle mass if he isn't on some insanely scientific diet. I'm not really applying anything...
  11. Rezz

    Weight Loss Thread

    Eh, that really comes down to what percentage of your body is fat. If you are a super ripped guy and drop 20 lbs, that weight you dropped is muscle mass. If you are 300lbs and you bench 300, losing 20% of that isn't going to kill your bench unless you are a massively ripped 300, in which case...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Nah, FCs can invite level 1 characters, I'm pretty sure. You just need to be in a Grand Company (Level 20+ main story stuff) in order to create one.
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Deadlifts are still a great exercise, but there is a key difference in using them for size and using them for health. For health/fitness results, you should lift just as heavy as you ca reliably do sets of 6 and you aren't in pain after 3 of them. Add reps as you progress and when you get to 3...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Yeah, it's only when you get down to the very low body fat percentages that your body starts looking at everything as fuel instead of just fats/sugars. People trying to lose weight almost never fall into that category, and the people at the bottom end of the body fat spectrum already have to be...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    No, but it is unnecessary, and it does up your cals without giving any tangible benefit after a point. That was the only point I was making, really. It doesn't directly hinder, but it is excess and is usually paired with calories of some form, so if looking to cut, that's an area to look at...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    I'd look at your protein and creatine shakes, as those are generally notorious for being loaded with sugars. You might be getting plenty and then some. Also, unless you are huge that seems like a shitload of protein each day. Even stressed your body is only really using like 1gram of protein...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Whole Foods has a similar audience to Trader Joes, just more financially well off. You'll see the occasional attractive woman in yoga pants, and then you'll see a bunch uggo hipsters/hippies/old people who read that gmo eggs turn you into an oompa loompa. At least that's the general experience...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I would imagine that they will most likely let people into the new content but not progress the main storyline until you complete the old. This includes letting people make the new jobs when they hit 30. For everyone else that has played the game, they will probably quickly realize that you'll...
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    The Metal Thread

    So question for the more knowledgeable folks out there: I listen to various forms of metal daily, from death to symphonic to doom to... well, anything but bands that do the screechy black metal stuff for every song. I've been a huge fan of bands like The Ocean, Katatonia, and earlier Opeth...
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    Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    Huh, I thought it was a reboot, not a continuation. Either way, 16 words of dialogue is going to be interesting in a very Dredd way, and I am ok with that.
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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

    I'd like to believe that they are going to introduce a greater threat, ie Brainiac or something, or Lex unveils his MASTER PLAN of stealing oil from Alaska. Something where you look at Batman and Superman doing crazy shit and Supe's might be holding back a little, then they both decide it is...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    From Yoshi's quotes it sounded like it would have some effect. Not like a statistical thing, but perhaps skipping a few steps or not needing to get the first item like the crafted+materia needed for the initial relics. I don't expect them to make it a big shortcut or anything, and I vaguely...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yeah, definitely worth doing if you don't already have a relic in the 110 plus stages. This close to the xpac, you're just looking at a shitload of uninteresting grinding to get it to the same ilvl as the ironworks weapon, which is really just a few dungeons each week along with the 3 "raids."
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Much like Dethklok, I'm summoning a troll.
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    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Just a note here, but doing abdominal stuff will only really make your abs look better once you can actually see them. The bigger/more toned your abs are under the fat just means the fat layer sticks out that much more and makes it look like you have a gut. Just keep lowering your bodyfat...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    They're not bad for you, and they provide quick energy when you need to do cardio style workouts or supersets. Just don't eat a loaf of bread each day or drink shitloads of soda. If you are trying to lose weight, it is generally accepted that lowering your carb intake is a good thing. The...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Main story quests usually aren't that bad, as they drop ponies and other shit that even max geared raid players sort of chase after. That, and farming the "lights" for one of the relic stages goes faster if you do non-endgame 8mans. But yeah, being DPS is going to suck and the only thing that...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    Oddly enough, FFXIV doesn't log you off automatically (unless there's an option for it) and I frequently forget to do so and then come back hours later. Out of the current crop of games, it is probably the subjectively best. The combat isn't super twitch for all classes, unless you are a monk...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    Lets start at the top. There was no hyperbole, sarcasm, or assumptions. Everything I stated were facts. Older games had shit to do, unless your version of old is WoW Vanilla. EQ/DAOC/FFXI, which were the "older" games that everyone mentions (if you are talking Merdian or something else, I...
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    Spring 2015 Anime Thread

    DanMachi and Shokugeki are easily my favorite so far this season. Triage has a boatload of plot, so there's that I guess, I'll probably follow when I run out of other stuff to hit up.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Hrm, maybe not enough tentacle porn on your hard drive? I think the game checks for that. It's why I keep La Blue Girl on a USB drive so that whenever I install something from japan I don't fail the tentacle rape check. I think it's a box you have to tic in the client somewhere.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Odd that it'd require more than just running as admin, unless you have weird privileges on your rig or something. The anti-virus is like... every program in the world ever when it installs, but if yours has active scanning going it might get in the way. You should just be able to go toFINAL...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    Yeah, older games had tons of stuff to do! You could camp rare drops for hours on end.. or camp rare drops for hours on end. Oh yeah, there was raiding! Where the RNG meant that 3-4 people out of 30+ might get something useful, maybe! What games have you played in the last decade that...
  34. Rezz

    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Any text you can respond to with a couple of emoticons is not a text worth responding to, really. Or a text worth getting, in most cases. If they really need to know you received their text and they require instant response time, you probably need to date less insecure women hah. I guess...
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    Smartwatches / Fitness Trackers

    Exactly. It doesn't do anything that your phone doesn't do, and it requires your phone to be nearby to do a sizeable chunk of its stuff. That's one of my primary issues with the apple offering and well... smart watches in general. They're a trendy extender with a very short range...
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    Wildstar Launch Thread - Server: Stormtalon | Faction: Dominion

    I thoroughly enjoyed the art style and the quests (being standard mmo quests with zero innovation, really) weren't bad for what they were. The settler path was kind of cool and it was fun building shit and getting buffs from just jogging around the map, and the encounters were neat. But they...
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    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    I've developed a habit where unless the purpose of the article is articulated in the title, I just don't read it. All that "and what happens next will amaze you!" shit gets bypassed 100% of the time. I'm probably occasionally missing something kind of interesting/important, but I'm definitely...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    If it's the normal rice-dough stuff they tend to use in gluten free products, prepare for an... interesting experience. I had to taste a dozen different types so that our head chef could put something on the menu for .05% of the population, and while it wasn't bad it certainly isn't going to...
  39. Rezz

    When Is Cheryl's Birthday?

    His is easy to explain. You split the group in half and weigh them, but it assumes that one is either definitely lighter or definitely heavier, not ambiguously either. If the dude is lighter, then you split the group that is on the raised end into 3s and then grab the side that flips into the...
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    When Is Cheryl's Birthday?

    Seesaw: when loading a seesaw, it's a little silly to have 6 get on one side and then 6 get on the other. The people would gradually get on each side at the same time, and the moment it tips you separate the people added last. Grab one additional person from the non-tipping group and have them...