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  1. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    It could be a post on Gizmodo instead...
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    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    It's the kind of extraordinary claim still requiring extraordinary evidence. Since it's the same team doing different experiments and getting results, it won't really gain traction until a couple of other labs find similar boson traces. But if it is confirmed... oh boy. Given the low energy, it...
  3. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Boeing... software... sounds legit. I liked the articles just before the launch, where Bridenstine was quoted saying "This is NASA's Christmas gift to America!" And no need of another test, of course.
  4. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Sounds interesting. At the moment, I'm pushing through China's history : China's Last Empire: The Great Qing, with the history of the last Chinese dynasty, which had to contend with the incursion of the Europeans (mostly the British, at least at first), the Opium Wars, and then the fall with the...
  5. Ukerric

    Everquest Mysteries

    "You open the options windows to increase the gamma... You have fallen to your death! LOADING PLEASE WAIT! You have entered North Queynos!"
  6. Ukerric

    MTG thread

    Wait, that pyromancer isn't supposed to be Chandra then?
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    MTG thread

    First trade I ever did was swapping that ugly volcanic island for two lands. Two lands in my deck is better than just one! More mana!
  8. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    Most misleading title. Pretty much the only way electronics work is due to quantum effects. If you're talking about qubits specifically, put qubits in the title.
  9. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    It's their damn fault for picking a PvP server. It's not as if you didn't knew this would be a thing. But no. You can play the game the way you want or play the game the stupid bodycampers want, so of course you're going to pick the latter. I have zero sympathy for people who complain about...
  10. Ukerric

    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    Well, you could try to log in with another account. Then you download the games on that account so you can play them for free when you finally can log in with your normal account (yes, apparently this is/was a real thing)
  11. Ukerric

    So, who's left?

    NASA was trying to get a space MMO, but it was aimed for school teaching. I don't even know where that one ended - if there was anything beyond some tech demo to submit to the RFP. An Expanse-type space MMO would be great. Build up your outposts, find like-minded people to maintain it, exploit...
  12. Ukerric

    RIP Brad McQuaid

    Yea, this is the RIP thread, not the Rise of the Fallen one...
  13. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Someone at Activision taught those Blizzard peons about FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and how it triggers impulse buys.
  14. Ukerric

    RIP Brad McQuaid

    RIP. 51 is always too early.
  15. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Well, of course, if you accelerate using a 10km ring instead of a 1000km one...
  16. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Which equates to 6.2 km/s. And that's where you made a "small" unit error. See above (you're calculating in km/h, not km/s). You need to accelerate to 6.2km/s plus 11.2km/s escape velocity (because you're losing said velocity as you move out of Earth's gravity well on your way to Mars) for...
  17. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    Half of the fun was looking forward to the next completely twisted sex joke he'd find. Alas, after a while, he ran out, so he entirely shelved the sex parts (there's only very occasional allusions) and focused on the slaughter gallows humor. With the occasional weird joke (like that immensely...
  18. Ukerric

    AssHat 2019 Voting Round 4 REDONE!!

    Teekey xequecal Brando Lendarios
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The idea behind this is that you can't just "get lucky with titantforge anymore". Now, you have to grind before being allowed to use your "new titanforged" items. This will supposedly remove the "fuck, this noob got better items than me in the first week, waaaaah!"... which isn't the complaint...
  20. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    But, but, but, muh world pvp?
  21. Ukerric

    AssHat 2019 Voting Round 1

    Teekey TheBeagle Pharone Uber Uberest wormie Jasker Zaide Sieger Brando Tarisk ardesco Foler
  22. Ukerric

    What did you just read?

    They're considered the gold standard of Western version of Xianxia ("Immortal Heroes") style. If you like this type of narrative, Wight is the best western author (and probably the best, period). Chinese fantasy goes into three different categories usually: Wuxia ("Martial Heroes") which is the...
  23. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Sup Sylvanas. Remember me? I hear you had been naughty, do I need to spank you around again? Remember all those games we played when I raised you from the dead... ahhh good times...
  24. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's not about heaven or hell as much as inclination oriented. Bastion = Those who would serve a cause Ardenweald = Those who would forget all and rather be reborn Revendreth = Those who did shit and need to learn their lessons Maldraxxus = Those who care about what needs to be done, and fuck...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I think every fan's favorite game for the next year is going to be "in which realm is X?", where X is your favorite dead character. Except for the last or last two expansions, since that's apparently when everyone went straight to the Maw instead of being judged by the sorting hat... sorry, the...
  26. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Someone completely new. Shocking, for once.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Can't have people doing too much of that new thing and being distracted from grinding WQ and BG.
  28. Ukerric

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

    Forumquest >>> AAA games
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The only thing that sounds remotely refreshing in this expansion is the roguelike tower. The rest? Bring back nostalgia with old talents. Bring back nostalgia with level 60. Bring back Legion's headquarters. Bring back moar old stuff. Which is nice, mind you, but that's not what will make me...
  30. Ukerric

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    Welcome to the modern era of AAA game that are designed to be an endless source of monetization thru "game services". Can't sell "game services" if your game doesn't use said services.
  31. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    WQ lasts for 24h, and 25% of them recycle every 6 hours.
  32. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Instead, you got pickup shenanigans
  33. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Oh, and I just realized. Since we're getting all the dead people from Azeroth, junior can probably say hi to daddy, and by the way, did she really got you killed in Legion?
  34. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    "Hi Darion? Got kicked out of my old job, need a new one. Get out of the way, I'm taking charge of the DKs."
  35. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    If I heard him correctly, they're from the roguelike tower. That one's going to be an interesting new technology, because if they can make it so that you have a randomly generated zone, oh boy. (as opposed to 10 pre-generated floors you get in a random order filled with random spawns, that is)
  36. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Vulpera Deathknights. Just in case you cared.
  37. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I mean, a Legion triumvir (can't remember if it's Kil'jaeden or Archimonde) made that helmet to have an orc control some undeads. And now, you use it to shatter dimensional doors between our world and the world of the dead? Like WTF?
  38. Ukerric

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Everything else had "You can PREORDER RIGHT NOW, AS IN NOW, NOW, NOW!" except D4.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Thankfully, the dev panel is free so we can figure out what their non-presentation trailer didn't say...