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  1. Burns

    The Documentary Thread

    Released today.
  2. Burns

    Interesting, Non Political News

    Kyle Reese: Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It just keeps repeating "resistance is futile."
  3. Burns

    Home Improvement

    I had a family member who was a plumber for his whole life. He always seemed to be in knee and back pain. Had multiple surgeries on both and got numerous steroid shots directly into them between the surgeries. He was hospitalized on at least two occasions from shit borne diseases that require...
  4. Burns

    Succession

    After seeing what Showtime does to it's good TV shows, I am fine with other networks allowing the writers to end the show in a good spot.
  5. Burns

    What are you listening to at the moment?

    While playing HS football in Texas, the only thing they would allow on the stereo, in the locker room, was Charlie Daniels. He is one of the few country singers I like and has a couple funny stories set to song: Not the same song:
  6. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    I would hope not, as those MMOs have nothing in common with any of these other games, outside of some DnD lore. Also, DDO was the game I played, when it was released years ago, not Neverwinter. Vaguely remember that it was mostly a bore and maybe had the annoying, log-on everyday, F2P mechanics.
  7. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    If it's only for active subs then they are trying to appeal to classic players. I thought they were still in WoTLK, but there is a post on WoWhead about Cata professions. So maybe Cata classic is releasing soon (or already)?
  8. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    Looks like it's part of the Free to Play MMO fad of the early 2010s. Their may be a lot of pay to win in it. I doubt it uses any DnD rules and is probably a generic MMO with DnD lore pasted over it. It kinda looks like the F2P DnD licensed MMO game I played for maybe 10 hours, a long time ago...
  9. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    A lot of people love bards. While they don't do a lot of damage on their own, they usually have the best, or one of the best party buffs in the game. My main issue with them is that I usually run out of song charges before my mage/cleric/druid needs to rest. They can cast some spells though, so...
  10. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    Fuck yea, I'm IN! *sniff*
  11. Burns

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    Our 50/10 microwave connection is shit for gaming, but otherwise been mostly ok for streaming/downloading. During peek times it can, occasionally, go as low as 10% of what we pay for, but it's usually about 50% of max from 6pm to 8pm. It certainly doesn't hold a candle to Verizon fiber we had...
  12. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    AFAIK, the Enhanced Edition included what was available, but it's mostly just widescreen and UI mods. There isn't too much they can do, since everything is 2d hand drawn art. Although, due to this, the infinity engine aged better than any other game engine that I know of.
  13. Burns

    Barry

    Welp, even after a few days I cant help but feel that that episode was depressing and shitty. I guess it is needed to progress the plot, but nothing was funny and it was a bit of a bore at times too.
  14. Burns

    Andor

    For the first couple seasons, then it fell off a cliff.
  15. Burns

    Boiling Point (2021)

  16. Burns

    The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

    Bullshit!! Master and Commander was great and that was like 10 year...shit. Well, 3:10 to Yuma was pretty good and that was 10 years....son of a bitch! While not a "must-watch," The Greatest Beer Run Ever was decent, if not a little slow in parts. From what I have read, they did a good job...
  17. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    NWN has a mountain of mods that would take longer to wade through than actually playing the OC. The GFX, specifically, but the game in general has aged terribly, and I would have a hard time forcing myself to play it at all. That said, when it came out, I thought the OC was fine and never...
  18. Burns

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    Drow have been various shades of purple for so long now, that they could easily makes them light purple. A very pasty/pallor light purple might be kinda cool, but yea, they would still get flak for calling them "dark", by the usual suspects. Maybe they could make "dark elves" the slur that...
  19. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Plates are tied to a person and not the vehicle, maybe? Businesses then have separate plate procedures for multiple vehicles, I would assume. Don't see any benefit to this, as two vehicles with the same plates on it sounds confusing for police. Edit: Didn't actually scroll back up and look...
  20. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Well...obviously.
  21. Burns

    Age of Wonders 4

    Yea, it is a bit of a handicap to capture cities as a good leader instead of the ebil convert them to your own. There is a building in the order tree that offsets it a little bit, but it may be best to just start your own cities and get tributes from vassals. Alternatively, the other races can...
  22. Burns

    Jagged Alliance 3

    Humn, didn't know you can't edit posts after a certain amount of time; was going to update the fist post, but it's not that important. Release Window is now Summer 2023. I don't give a fuck about collector edition bullshit but they did confirm that they will be trying to get it out the door by...
  23. Burns

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    I've used the 1 ear version of the set that Brahma linked for ~10 years (10 - 15 hours a week, roughly) before needing to replace it. I'm on my second pair, and I dont even remeber what part failed. The in line volume controls are always a weak spot for these things, so prolly that. Amazon...
  24. Burns

    Age of Wonders 4

    Game optimization(?): I tried to play a map (4th campaign) as underground dwarves and that led to me spending a lot of time with my screen on the subterranean; which, in turn, about lit my CPU on fire. Shit was beepin at me because it must have been close to thermal shutdown at 85C+. Also, the...
  25. Burns

    Age of Wonders 4

    I am also working through the story maps. I played the first map around 4 or 5 times because I thought hard would be fine, but nope, AI raped me over and over (cheatin bastards!). They had 4 full stacks, with a few tier 3s and 4s, and were very aggressive, when I was barley able to get 1 stack...
  26. Burns

    Andor

    Don't all projects have a bunch of rewrites as they get into filming? So it could still cause some issues if they are only half way through filming, no?
  27. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    Yarp, not having any exposure to the systems yet probably makes it sound more complicated than it is. Getting levels in warrior is the natural progression in the game as that is the class you start as. It can take some time before you find the Wizard class trainer, unless you look it up...
  28. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    Below is the recommendations I used, from Steam, for stats in PS:T for maximum dialog. It's mild spoilers, but just about a few pieces of "gear" and two level up bonuses. The two level up bonuses: Of course, since most of the game is reading, more dialog will make the game longer. No point...
  29. Burns

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    Proper group positioning, scouting/prepping a room, and friendly fire is part of the difficulty curve of playing a caster. Fireball, Cloudkill, and Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting are extremely powerful spells that can just start deleting mobs. Even if you are using it, primarily, to nuke a caster +...
  30. Burns

    Reacher

    Yarp, it seems my memory was a bit faulty. Hypertrophy looks to be the sweet spot for bodybuilders. So, I guess I never looked at gaining strength as a primary focus, and always figured it would come naturally with mass. Thus making "high reps" mean doing 15 or more reps, to me, and low reps was...
  31. Burns

    Reacher

    15 reps was just the cutoff number picked. Arnold's book for his roid workout was like 3 to 5 sets of 10, but something like 10+ different lifts per body part. Due to the enhanced healing of the roids, he was able to work every body part, every other day. When I quit the gym rat life, the...
  32. Burns

    Reacher

    Jay Cutler is one of the premier body builders of his day. He would have been pushing for mass, but yea, he may have been talking about his opinion on what natural body builders can get away with/need, not his own roid workouts. It's been a while now, but Arnold's encyclopedia and every body...
  33. Burns

    England

    All the scones I have had are sweet, akin to a doughnuts or dessert, but the people talking about it online say that the UK has cheese scones, which are the closest scone type to a buttermilk biscuit, but the biscuit is still saltier, fluffier, and flakier (the scone is more dense and crumbly)...
  34. Burns

    England

    Gravy looks the same, if you want to go through the bother of making it. Since it's just adding a bunch of calories to the pot roast, we usually skip it and use the juice more like Au Jus for the potatoes when mashed into the plate with the fork. That's only our family though, as I am sure there...
  35. Burns

    Marvel Universe stuff

    Because she or her agent are terrible at picking movies and/or they paid stupid amounts of money to get her in the movies? Maybe she needs a great director to get her to perform, as I guess there only a few handful of directors even close to the same league as Scorsese.
  36. Burns

    England

    Ah, those are popular options here as well, outside of the curries. Indian food is becoming more popular though. I would guess Americanized Mexican (tacos/burritos) holds the same spot that UK curries do. I also love a good Chuck/shoulder roasts with vegetables (taters, carrots, & onions) and...
  37. Burns

    Marvel Universe stuff

    I have only watched the Spiderman movie in this phase, which seemed to have mostly jived with Loki. Couldn't they also say that Loki was a show about the aberrations to the average Loki. Implying that 90% of Loki are Hiddleston Loki, but even 10% of "infinity" makes enough to cover all they need...
  38. Burns

    England

    When it comes to "home cooked meals," but leaning more to the special occasions side, what are some good dishes that you/your family members (Gran/Mother/Wife) cook for family gatherings in the isles, that you like/look forward to?
  39. Burns

    Marvel Universe stuff

    A well acted part in a Scorsese movie made her a bankable name for getting hired in Hollywood, not some shitty DC movies (the first Suicide Squad was so bad I certainly wasn't going to waste time on any of the others). If she is given a good script and a competent director, she has already shown...