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  1. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    For all the talk of how obtuse FROM quests and NPCs can be, you actually had some decent and engaging stories with a number of them in this game. By the end, all that are left are the spirit tuner, maybe Ranni, and the blacksmith who loses his marbles. Very depressing when you actually think...
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    JRPGs

    Thats just a shitty screen cap (or maybe mid casting lighting from an animation, the test shots had characters with summons ect you ordinarily could not have). Thats the reverse angle of the front rim of the fort exterior. I have a lot of fond memories of FFT, despite my strong opinion that...
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    JRPGs

    Thats the fort where you rescue Mustadio.
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    JRPGs

    Deneb was a slog, but not as many dragons needed and the Relic grind is about the same as the glass pumpkin one was. Upside is the dragons can all be nabbed early and auctioning them is useful for both money and crafting. Getting Cressida is still bullshit incarnate, though. Deneb is at least...
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    Andor

    If you really want to get nerdy, light is more of a directed energy medium and plasma/blasters are basically pockets of ionized gas accelerated by a magnetic bottle in the firing weapon. Anything laser will be more accurate, fast, and precise, while plasma weapons tend to be low velocity and...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    2022-23 NFL Season : Herbert's march to Glendale

    FWIW Matt Flynn would have probably been a starter nearly anywhere else at that time (Dude set records as a backup that are still in there) but we had Rodgers, so he was out backup. In fact he almost WAS out starter, but McMuffin did not like how he practiced even though his in game intensity...
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    Willow

    Did we really need another show with a lesbian interracial couple in the lead roles? Tone is way off from the original movie, almost jarringly so. Its not terrible, but the Mouse just can't help itself with the agenda pushing.....
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    Marvel's Midnight Suns

    Constant crashing is a Firaxis specialty, especially the console versions. I am also really tired of the whole card game within another game shit thats trending lately. What I wanted was an updated Freedom Force with Marvel characters, but instead this is a brainless deck builder form the...
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    Willow

    So on a scale of Jeremiah Johnson to Steven Universe, how gay is this show exactly? Are we talking Netflix levels or worse?
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    Andor

    You say that like its a bad thing.
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    Andor

    Mando S1 was mostly episodic, but it had the over arcing story of him wanting to return the kid while on the run from other bounty hunters and Imperial Remnants. Characters also had arcs over the season and recurring appearances. I have spoken.
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    Andor

    Hate to agree with the dog fucker, but yeah there are literally tons of shows with better season 1s out there, some recent and one even Star Wars. Mandalorian Season 1 was far superior in every way, except not as much budget for big sets, while being from the exact same network and fictional...
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    Andor

    The sets, music, and acting are extremely well done. The pacing is shit, though. Just too fucking slow and too much waiting for the interesting characters to pay off (Skarsguard and the Imp ISB chick). Cut out space jew simp, cut out hindu space lesbian rebel, dial back the Mon Mothma shit a...
  15. Phazael

    What are you playing?

    Been playing the shit out of Tactics Ogre Reborn. Its an even better revamp than the PSP version was.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Don't feel to bad. Our Systems team forgot to renew the one SSL cert that is used by both our VPN system and our radius servers, so core wireless and VPN connectivity was down for the entire company for half the day (and I am the sole senior resource who interfaces with our service desk and the...
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    Andor

    Yeah it was definitely jarring how the prison was the one place that guard rails seem to exist in the Empire.
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    Andor

    The show does sound great. I don't have ceiling speakers, but I do have a 9.2 setup 200w per channel setup and the audio in this is comparable to Tron 2 or Bladerunner 2049. The music choices remind me of the original Logans Run movie and a little bit of Blakes 7. Very retro sci-fi dystopia...
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    Andor

    Its too fucking slow and boring. How many fucking episodes was in Mon Mothma bleeding out her vagoo and Andor in (the most Rube Goldberg designed) jail? Four episodes could have been condensed down there to one so maybe we see the snippets of the actual decent shit, like Luther doing his thing...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    This. Once you have a resume that demonstrates you know your shit and produce, you can get in and coast just about anywhere if you want to. Thats also how shit like multi-gigging became possible, because work output expectations are so low that you can literally hold three jobs and still have...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Since a bunch of former MBA types tried to break into the field. See also middle managers acting like they know agile and just doing waterfall instead, while using agile buzzwords.
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    AssHat of the year, 2022 version!

    @Chris since Ossoi is not an option. No one brings the asshat game like a cucked out retarded limey. @Bodhy is the darkhorse newcomer that checks all the boxes of true asshattery. @fanaskin gets a nomination from me just for repeatedly choosing odd hills to die on and sperg out. @Vanessa...
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    The Mandalorian

    I guess if you are willing to sit through a movie as bad as Haywire to win an argument, you can have the W. You clearly want it more.
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    The Mandalorian

    You just love to suck the joy out of everything, don't you? You must be fun to hang out with.
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    Black Adam (2021)

    There is the fact that Captain Marvel got them caught doing all sorts of this kind of bullshit and they need to at least make it look believable. That was before Marvel shit the bed last phase with literally everything except Werewolf by Night and No Way Home (which they have to deal with Sony...
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    Black Adam (2021)

    This is about Disney essentially owning the RT critics and trying to kill any DC shit in the crib. Marvel is having huge issues right now. They are vulnerable. So the Mouse is yanking the same levers is does to get critic ratings up on BP and Captain Marvel to try and close any window of...
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    Advice for someone failing college?

    This. Anyone who had to do a run in Fast Food in their life knows how much that shit motivates you to not suck at life. Plus, just about any retard can get into a call center IT role. Those idiots just follow a flowchart script most of the time for larger companies. On the other hand, if he...
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    The Orville

    Didn't know he was banging ensign angry lesbian, but I believe her arc was written as a self contained arc for the season. E.G. They planned from the outset for her to die in the way she did. The security chick he def was shtupping and she was apparently kind of batshit on top of it, but I...
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    Final Fantasy 16

    Barbie Dress Up dance game had a story only a fan of WB TV could get into. Plus once you had two dark knights and an alchemist, you could faceroll your way through the entire game.
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    Final Fantasy 16

    I stopped after 13, but had played every prior entry in the series multiple times. Tactics is a masterpiece but not really part of this genre. My tastes differ from most, but I think that FF4 and FF6 were pinnacles of the series. Good story, mechanics, and characters. I enjoyed 12 a lot, in...
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    Andor

    The show is good in a vacuum, but its just too fucking slow to find a broad audience. I mean, last episode can literally be boiled down to Space Jew no one cares about gets desk job, Main character goes to jail for jay walking, and competant Imperial security chief gets promotion. The Mon...
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    Hellraiser

    Shudder is a good steaming service if you want to go down the budget movie horror rabbit hole. Lots of shit on the channel, but there are some really good low budget movies hidden in their lineup as well.
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    Hottest Actress Bracket Fight

    If you guys are going to do this, you really need to compare the older actresses in their prime. Like Selma Hyak is hot even now, but in her prime she was on a whole other level, as one example. Same deal for a lot of the 70s and 80s bombshells.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Emo is still alive and openning Weird Al concerts.
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    Smartphones

    My Moto Phone is still getting updates and working great after six years at this point. So glad when I went the Moto-Android route. Phones last me six years on average and run well the entire time. I basically only upgrade once they stop supporting the patches. If I upgrade my current one...
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    Board Games

    The games you listed are good, but very long and fairly complex. War of the Ring is an all day affair and Star Wars Rebellion is a similar commitment. See Horus Heresy, Eclipse, and Twilight Imperium for similar experiences. Good licensed theme games that are not too crunchy and can be played...
  37. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I do like that they are making scaling in PVP seperate from PVE on things and toning down bleed (and rot to a lesser extent) in general. Not sure I like the DW status scaling being nerfed, because you already make some pretty big tradeoffs (at least in PvE) by power stancing. Sorcery seems to...
  38. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Patches has always been the master turtle in each game. My guess is either Dungeater or the phantom that drops Rivers of Blood. The guy you kill to get the Tiche ashes will probably be high in the running too.
  39. Phazael

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    Even if all you do is shoot shit from horseback, its worth it because the mount is going to have better defensive stats and mobility, not to mention speed, than any character on foot who is not a minmaxed melee build. And as much as it pains me to say this, Dragon Disciple should probably be...
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    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    I seem to remember more of the elemental races and Yaun Ti being options in the last one, plus more elven sub races? I could be wrong. As for being OP, I am in the sweet spot where I blow through trash using RTWP but have to buff and turn base on major bosses, which is where I have the most...