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  1. Gravel

    Writers Guild Strike 2023

    Was watching the RLM video on Oppenheimer, and they mentioned that the 60's was rife with overbudget, gigantic epic movies. It led to a collapse in the studios which brought about the low budget film renaissance of the 70's like Dog Day Afternoon, Rocky, Alien, and The Exorcist. Maybe an enema...
  2. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    People who lived in super HCOL areas (California, New York, etc), sold their homes because their states suck dick, and now have a ton of equity to outbid locals. Foreigners, too, obviously. And then the investment firms trying to control the market.
  3. Gravel

    Energy Drink Thread

    Cellucor used to make a C4 Pink Starburst flavor (not branded) preworkout that was awesome, but I haven't been able to find it in about 2-3 years. Kind of interesting that now it's a Starburst collaboration, but still can't find the preworkout.
  4. Gravel

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    jUsT pLaY cYbErPuNk ThEn!!1!1! If we're going to take the No Man's Sky Route. I'm glad so many are having fun, but this game sounds so lazy.
  5. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Think I'm at 365 DP. Got quite a lot of grinding to do to get Dhan's and Labreska. Probably a good 30 billion silver.
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    Black Desert

    Yeah, so if you're tagged and create an Imperial Crate in Heidel, it apparently won't let you bank it in Heidel. And I meant that I went to Tshira to get down the muscle memory and feel of the class, then Orcs to actually try the combos themselves. You're probably right that Elvia is shit for...
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    Black Desert

    The decision I made a long time ago to do everything on one character has come back to bite me (Lahn is main and also lifeskiller). I knew about the trade goods thing from a while back when I tried Zerker, but didn't realize that imperial turn ins would also count. Can do the turn ins still...
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    Home buying thread

    We got rid of almost everything in our move from CA to FL. Which in retrospect was kind of a mistake due to the everything shortage. But we managed. Decided to start building stuff like a bed frame and headboard. Instead of paying $100 for a particle board piece of shit, now I have something...
  9. Gravel

    Writers Guild Strike 2023

    So a continuation of the drought we've already had of good movies and TV?
  10. Gravel

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    How has no one made this guy yet?
  11. Gravel

    Black Desert

    I just don't give enough shits, so I run at max rank 3 ones. I think I did up to 5 on almost all of them for the journals, but then I realized the loot was shit no matter what so I just put in enough time to get a 2nd Hongik (sold my first) and hope for enough Girin's to make the third tier of that.
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    Black Desert

    Yeah, you can just sell it. Most of that stuff pre-dates seasons and is just trash at this point. Tuvala, boss gear, then blackstar/slumbering origin (fallen god, labreska, dhan). For accessories, just keep whatever is best. You can use Capotia for a long time.
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Right, but 7 years after No Man's Sky, why can't it incorporate at least a little bit of it? Why is everyone fine settling for mediocrity? Space seems like an afterthought in this game. It's just a backdrop for a reskinned experience you had over a decade ago. I wanted a new epic game...
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    Black Desert

    Not sure what changed, or if I'm just getting significantly more efficient at it, but I was just slightly overclearing at Orcs today (Marni, so no options to add to it). It's one of those things that's kind of nice because it means I'm getting better, but it's kind of shit because it also means...
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    Home buying thread

    The one in Perdido Key? Seemed like a normal Publix to me. Best grocery stores I've ever been to were a Publix in Sarasota, an Albertson's somewhere near Jackson Hole, and there was one in San Diego I can't remember which chain, but it was immaculate. And Amber and Boston Rob were both on...
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    Home buying thread

    We almost rented a house on the end of that peninsula to the west (think it was North Shore Dr). Absolutely gorgeous home with a view of the bay. Someone else snaked it before us though. Also saw Amber Mariano (Survivor winner and wife of Boston Rob) at the Publix right there.
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I was expecting some kind of innovation from twenty years of developing the same game, yes. Like I said, why can No Man's Sky do seamless procedural generated worlds that you can fly around seven years ago, but then with this you get planets that are basically a handful of segregated zones with...
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    This...sounds disappointing. A newer Outer Worlds sounds like something I don't even want to play. And I think all the No Man's Sky comparisons are warranted. It's been almost a fucking decade. I know people will say "it's a different type of game," but seriously, in a decade, we can't get...
  19. Gravel

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Gamespot review had a section where he was criticizing it because it didn't answer the deep mysteries of where humans fit in the universe.
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I mean, I imagine most of them would be playing it anyway.
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Started reading that Gamespot one, but it was so rambling. Sounded like the main story is disappointing, but the side quests are phenomenal...which basically is what everyone here has said is likely.
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    Black Desert

    I've still only ever done the first Atoraxxion. It was so frustrating that I never did the other two. And yeah, LOTML is such a letdown. If not for the (terrible) chance at crystals and Debo earrings, I wouldn't even bother. The boss rush rewards are such shit and I find the fights incredibly bad.
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    Black Desert

    Lahn just flows really well. I think that's why I didn't like Zerker. It felt like I was mashing buttons to get around, but Lahn feels so smooth. I don't care as much about the flying now that I've had a pegasus for a few months. I might try tagging Woosa. Maybe grind some MP pots at some...
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Disappointed to hear that you don't land on planets...or even walk onto your ship. Feel like I'm going to get super frustrated at mini cut scenes that get in the way of exploring.
  25. Gravel

    Weather

    Yeesh, that's insane. Even post-earthquake, ours was never that high in California.
  26. Gravel

    Weather

    It hasn't collapsed, but it's definitely not healthy. Mine is a new build, but it went from like $850 the first year, to $940 last year, and we just got our new one for next year at $950 I think. But I mentioned in the Home Buying thread that we couldn't even afford most houses built...
  27. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Ugh, yeah, Lahn used to never have mana problems, but with that stupid Q shit I'm constantly running low now. I've been tempted to roll up a Zerker or Woosa, but I'm just having a hard time with it. I tried Zerker around spring sometime and it just felt clunky to me. On the plus side, if I do...
  28. Gravel

    Black Desert

    There are weapon swap coupons you get from time to time that allow you to change a main/off/awakening weapon into another class. I'm sitting on 3 of each at the moment.
  29. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Just saying... (yes, I know I missed the first part as we didn't really go red)
  30. Gravel

    Black Desert

    Lahn here. Think you can't go wrong with the current flavor of the month classes; Berserker, Woosa, Maegu.
  31. Gravel

    Weather

    That's always been my thing with these storms. They always show "devastating damage" but it's confined to like 2-3 blocks from the beach. Further inland is there ever even actually damage?
  32. Gravel

    Weather

    Pretty crazy how fast this thing is moving now after it had sat between the Yucatan and Cuba for so long. Made for a nice cool morning here today. Didn't get any rain at all, but it made for some decent weather overnight. Shit ton of surfers out. The hurricane is pushing all that wind from...
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    Investing General Discussion

    The logical choice is invest it, because you're going to earn more than 3% easily. But if I were you, I'd probably go the land route. I say that only because it'll be more difficult (slightly) to get a mortgage for the land if you pay off the house. My first inclination would be to pay off the...
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    Weather

    Gonna end up hitting Panama City at this rate.
  35. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Yeesh, short sale in 2009. Jackpot.
  36. Gravel

    Weather

    Really seems like they're hyping this one up to be way more than it will be. And yeah, most of the forecasts (individually) show it as a Cat 1 or 2. For some reason NOAA and everyone else is calling for it to be a major storm? Doesn't make sense.
  37. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    You in Miami or something? $3k rent for Florida sounds insane.
  38. Gravel

    New World

    That's why I can still play Black Desert. The same gear that was good 7 years ago is still top tier today, for the most part.