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  1. Gravel

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

    Not to derail this thread with Starfield stuff, but one of the things I noticed was how many women Bethesda has working on the game. I don't think that bodes well. That's not to say women aren't gamers, but they also probably shouldn't be as overrepresented as they are compared to the general...
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Didn't look like borrow, more like "copy paste." Maybe it's just inevitable with a space setting? Hopefully it brings more to the table.
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I guess I didn't realize it's single player. What a wasted opportunity. I'm assuming they'll add it at some point since they keep talking about "friends," but they should've built this as multi from the ground up. Why bother building my giant penis ship if no one can see it from their giant...
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    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    Well this looks like they just ripped off No Man's Sky big time. Holy shit.
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    Is this really a player concern? Seems it's more that developers hate that they'll spend months developing a low level area that people spend about 20 minutes in and then never return.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    A true prophet.
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    Black Desert

    I saw someone today say that Black Desert is basically becoming a season only type of game, and I'm thinking he was right. Everything "end game" has been capped. And the new "expansion" doesn't even use your gear. So what's the point? It seems like once you hit a certain AP (somewhere between...
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    Lost Ark Online

    That was my biggest complaint with this game. The fun content was all time gated shit, mostly once a week. The unfun stuff was what you were allowed to do daily. Fuck that. I wanted to run the group and raid content. But I guess me gearing up faster than someone who only gets to raid once a...
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    Also curious (maybe based on how D3 was handled), are season characters going to have a separate stash from regular ones? It'd be hilarious if it was still shared (make little sense though, since you'd be able to stockpile stuff prior) and no one can play.
  10. Gravel

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

    Why is everyone so adamant about not doing this stuff again? Sounds like everyone had finished it in under a week, so it's clearly not that big a time sink? There are dozens of posts about how it you don't like grinding the same content over and over again you don't even know what am ARPG is...
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    Silo

    Was going to say this. And fuck reading books. Made that mistake with Game of Thrones.
  12. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Holy shit, we finally did it! Broke past that high from August 2022. Next up is April 2022 at 4631 (another 7%).
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    Jury Duty

    Holy shit. I found a bunch of AIM messages between my wife and I when we first started dating. Apparently it was right when Joe Schmo came out, and I made lots of jokes about it. Hopefully it comes out soon. Would be a perfect 20th anniversary present. Anyway, no Pauly Shore? No care.
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    Investing General Discussion

  15. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    We used lawn chairs for a bit. We were able to find some clearance furniture while we waited.
  16. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Not sure we could've gotten a moving truck, but they were expensive as fuck. Went with a Pod and just sold almost everything. Which in retrospect was a mistake, because we timed it with the supply chain shortages (stuff like furniture was 16 weeks delayed).
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    Investing General Discussion

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    Investing General Discussion

    Yes, just about at the very top (October 29, 2021). The 20% haircut last year definitely hurt. Badly. But the reality is also that we only pulled out what we needed for 2023's expenses (and if you look at my posts in December, I actually pulled out less with the intention to sell enough for the...
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    Home buying thread

    We had earthquake insurance, with a $50k deductible. Think we paid about $500 a year for it, but it's been a long time. Our house at the time was built in 1989. ~10 miles from the 7.1 and 6.4 (although they say the energy went more NE and we were SW), and we had some light cracking in the...
  20. Gravel

    Tetris (2023)

    I mean, that's essentially what the movie is. It's a movie about IP and worldwide distribution rights. Except it's somehow wrapped in something almost like a spy thriller. It's bizarre.
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    Tetris (2023)

    Finally got around to watching it. Kind of feels like it was something super mundane, but then they overdramatized it like crazy. I dunno, maybe some of it actually was that crazy? The fun part to me is that one of the "villains" is Robert Maxwell, who is none other than Ghislaine Maxwell's dad.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Didn't watch the video, but the flaw in that reasoning is that the amount of people that lump sum in at the very top and sell at the very bottom is so small it's also probably non existent. If you were investing at all during the in-between periods, you did well. Similarly, take someone who...
  23. Gravel

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

    So I really enjoyed Grim Dawn, but that was years ago. Picked up Last Epoch a few months ago (whenever the multiplayer patch hit) and really enjoyed it until end game. And then I just couldn't force myself to log in anymore. It sounds like this one will be similar, where it's fun to level up...
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    This is the part where some shitlord comes in and says "welcome to ARPGs." Anyway, I appreciate the feedback from you and Aladain (and Voldeth in discord). I was very much waffling on it but I wanted to give people time to give opinions that aren't new game smell. And it sounds like it's really...
  25. Gravel

    Marvel Universe stuff

    Really depends on who you relate to in the story. And in this case, I'd say you're right.
  26. Gravel

    Marvel Universe stuff

    New World Order to Brave New World? Feels like "they're" really laying it on thick for us.
  27. Gravel

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

    Not that I refuse to buy. I've been gathering feedback to decide if it's worth buying. And as I keep stating, it seems like the more feedback I'm seeing, the more it's looking like it's not meeting the hype. When the defense of the game is "Diablo 3 sucked at release but they sorta kinda fixed...
  28. Gravel

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

    What's the cutoff then? So because I can afford it, should I pay $100? $200? I mean, I wouldn't want to miss out on the rush of...what exactly? I'm glad you mentioned Call of Duty. Played the shit out of CoD MW with friends a few years ago. When MW2 came out last year, I was a bit reluctant to...
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    I wouldn't have paid retail price for Diablo 2 in 2000, either. Friends who are playing are enjoying it, but they said it's probably not worth it for $70 either. And I can easily afford it. But I'm also not a sucker.
  30. Gravel

    Writers Guild Strike 2023

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2374607-ai-passed-an-advertising-turing-test-for-the-first-time/
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    Investing General Discussion

    Almost considered selling my PLTR last week. Up another 7.5% today so far.
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    Black Desert

    Enhancing my own Fallen God just cause it's so infrequently sold. I agree with you otherwise. And TET Distos are like 24 million.
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    I probably would've bought it for $30-45. Not really interested in double that for an ARPG.
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    Black Desert

    19 attempts to get Fallen God DUO to hit. Which is almost 3 times the average. Wiped out years of memory fragments, caphras, advice of valks, and hard/sharps. This game fucking sucks donkey dick sometimes. Anyway, I've got 14.5b burning a hole in my pocket. Can't decide between Vells...
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    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    You want some body type 2 nipples?
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    Super Mario Bros. (2022)

    Yeah, went ahead and watched this the other day because of all the comments in this thread. I'm assuming it's because everyone must have young children that they liked it so much. It was okay, but not really worth my time.
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    Pest Control

    For ants, use this shit. Mix 1-2 ounces with water in a sprayer. Spray your baseboards aiming for the gap between it and the floor. Spray around the outside of your house (I go about 3 feet up). It's the kind of stuff pest control companies use (anything -thrin). Once it dries, it's safe for...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Makes sense this time. Market has been trading in a 150-200ish range for the last two months.
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    Barry

    Overall that entire last season was a a let down. Seems like they just wanted everything wrapped up and had no clue how to do it, so they went super convoluted with it. The show also lost the comedy for the most part. I don't want to say the season was bad. Just...not what I expected.
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    Home buying thread

    I can't imagine spending "house money" (amount) on a townhome. I already hate that my current house is only on a quarter acre. Like, if you're going to spend that much money, at least it'd be nice to not share a wall with someone else.