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  1. Gravel

    New World

    I was reading a Reddit post and the poster was saying how it seems like if a single faction (likely a mega guild) decided to take over a server, it would essentially wipe out that server. People responded by saying that it's okay, because eventually people would switch factions so they could...
  2. Gravel

    Dave

    Hairless Lil Dicky is fucking nightmare fuel.
  3. Gravel

    New World

    "None of your fucking business."
  4. Gravel

    New World

    So instead they just get them for 0 months and keep the people that would've been there regardless.
  5. Gravel

    New World

    Not all gamers are crusty old dudes like us with tons of disposable income.
  6. Gravel

    New World

    You can cancel a preorder though. What happens when a third of the people cancel because they were only playing this to kill time for the next game? Another thing to consider is the impact streamers have now. Love them or hate them, they command a large audience. When all the streamers decide...
  7. Gravel

    New World

    And that's really my point. There's no "polish" for a game that's been in development this long. Just release it and fix shit as you go. You could always delay it indefinitely to fix whatever new issue pops up. And then you never release.
  8. Gravel

    New World

    Yeah, seeing a lot of people say this is good for the game. I'm not sure if they're just oblivious to MMO launches or what, but there's no way an extra month is going to "polish" the game any extra. With how many games are coming out in October, it may just be that my group of friends skips...
  9. Gravel

    New World

    Think I'll cancel my pre-order.
  10. Gravel

    What If...?

    Well shit...
  11. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Market up 2% today then? Maybe even 3?
  12. Gravel

    Jungle Cruise (2020)

    Watched it tonight. It wasn't bad necessarily, just not very good either. It really dragged with a 2 hour run time. The Mouse seems to be in a rut of uninspired, boring movies. Raya Cruella Luca Black Widow Jungle Cruise Could probably throw Mulan in there too, but Soul was released between...
  13. Gravel

    Summer Olympics 2021

    I haven't watched any Olympics, but decided to check out the surfing. What absolute trash waves. They were like waist to shoulder height and seemed like they had a ton of onshore wind (which I guess is expected with a typhoon behind them). That's the kind of shit waves I'd expect here in the...
  14. Gravel

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    I want to make a "Carrot Top is looking rough" joke, but I feel like it's too easy.
  15. Gravel

    Furor's 14 Days rant & First Look at WoW

    Get a load of the fucking new guy.
  16. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Do these people think everyone else is retarded?
  17. Gravel

    Rick and Morty

    Did everyone else nope out on this show, or are the episodes just so uninteresting to talk about? I rely on you all to tell me whether quitting was the correct decision.
  18. Gravel

    Big Brother

    Been saying that to my wife. If this was any other race, they'd be super pissed and calling out how the first 3 votes out were all white (and likely 4th). They're exterminating the whites in the house, and the biggest alliance is literally all the black people got together to make an alliance...
  19. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Robinhood being scummy? What a shocker!
  20. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Wasn't there something from him a few weeks ago though?
  21. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Got a logarithmic version of that?
  22. Gravel

    New World

    Didn't know there was a contest, but here are the results. https://www.newworld.com/en-us/battle-for-new-world
  23. Gravel

    New World

    For Marauder, it's in Cutlass Key. Go to the faction vendor in town for the quest. It's to kill a lvl 25 named, although I was able to do it at 18 (it was pretty rough though).
  24. Gravel

    New World

    I'm guessing they'll do something like a one week open beta. Glad they're wiping everything. I always think it ruins that new MMO rush when people have a head start.
  25. Gravel

    New World

    You'd think hatchet would get nerfed first.
  26. Gravel

    Dave

    So season two is a fucking train wreck. But I realized today, after reading about Lil Dicky, that it's basically a perfect allegory of his career. He basically came out on fire, albeit kind of weird, and then just did abso-fucking-lutely nothing ever since. Every episode has just been super...
  27. Gravel

    Monsters at Work

    Kind of surprised no one's posted about this one yet since it's 5 episodes in. It's not anything amazing, but with the glut of anything worthwhile on TV, I'd still recommend it if you enjoyed the Monsters Inc movies at all. It focuses on characters on the Monsters Incorporated Facilities Team...
  28. Gravel

    Monsters at Work

    Title: Monsters at Work Genre: Family, Comedy, Animation Creator: Roberts Gannaway Cast: Ben Feldman, Mindy Kaling, Henry Winkler, Lucas Neff, Alanna Ubach, Billy Crystal, John Goodman First aired: 2021-07-07 Overview: Ever since he was a kid, Tylor Tuskmon has dreamed of becoming...
  29. Gravel

    New World: Survey & Info

    Is there a list of what servers they'll have at launch yet? And also, is there some kind of list of where the streamers are playing, so I can avoid those ones?
  30. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Fuck you, man. Stop trying to make me work! I'm retiring so I don't have to anymore. I'm going to surf and paint and bike during the day and poopsock New World at night.
  31. Gravel

    New World

    Ran into my first crash. Game locked up and then crashed. Now every time I load the character it crashes, effectively meaning I'm completely locked out from playing it anymore.
  32. Gravel

    Jungle Cruise (2020)

    Haven't watched it yet, but that's essentially what the ride is. It's literally just bad puns and dad jokes. It's not really even a ride. That's why it depends so heavily on the Disney employee who's driving the boat. If they suck, the ride sucks. If they're good, the ride is hilarious.
  33. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Oh, we're not going to go crazy with spending. Believe me, I've thought of everything. I'm way too risk averse to just be jumping into this haphazardly. We're already in Florida. Renting right now, but our offer for new construction was accepted Thursday. House isn't finished yet, so that's why...
  34. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Yes, healthcare is basically the bane of early retirement. And it essentially becomes the biggest hurdle and expense. If we were in some socialized, single payer country, we probably could've retired years ago. It's the one reason I regret not sticking it out with the military. Healthcare for...
  35. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    That's definitely true. And 2020 made it look even more ridiculous. I was actually telling that to my wife the other day. Our net worth from September 2019 - January 2020 was around half what it is now. It was on a fucking rocket ship by November 2020 (went up about 40%), and then from November...
  36. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Since we're getting super close to the end here, we finally shut off the automatic deposits to our IRA's. I stopped 401k contributions when I changed jobs. It feels incredibly weird to switch from saving so much (we were in the 60-70% savings rate range) to not putting a single cent away. It's...
  37. Gravel

    New World

    The big thing for me is the faction quests are so much more palatable than the town board, and seem to offer similar xp. But town quests have me tracking down all kinds of wazoo shit like animals in zones I've never been, an insane amount of a resource, or crafting some shit that's either super...
  38. Gravel

    New World

    Maybe my shit is bugged then. Level 18, and the next set of faction gear unlocks at 20. Or starts to.
  39. Gravel

    New World

    No, I mean faction gear doesn't seem to effect the overall gear score for your drops. Like, I'm in full faction gear, at 280 gear score. My drops are around 220-230. So it doesn't seem like it's counting the faction gear.
  40. Gravel

    Black Widow (2020)

    I've been in the contracts business for the last decade. Plenty is people get screwed in contracting. I'm sorry I just can't seem to muster any give a shits for anyone in Hollywood. Their whole industry is full of assholes, and so seeing millionaires bitch at billionaires for fucking them...