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  1. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    It's been a long time since I read about them, but I want to say orals really destroy either your kidneys or liver. Like, they're awful for you. If you're going to start a cycle, go with something injectable. Seriously.
  2. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Damn, I didn't realize these upper floors of Shinra were so high on the stamina requirements. Fucking 60 total stamina for floors 51-55. I ran the weapon dungeon a few times this morning and it's causing me to run out of gil in a hurry. That said, I'm lvl 26 and should have everything I need...
  3. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Light Against Darkness event coming tomorrow. Can see the JP strategy for it here (use Google translate):???FFRK?.????'?f??f??f??f??,??f??f??,??f??f??? -??,'?^??,S?,??.??"??.??f??*??.? | FINAL FANTASY Record Keeper?o???Y?"??.?Wiki Cecil (Dark Knight) on stage 6. Cecil (Paladin) on stage...
  4. Gravel

    NHL 2014-15 Season Thread

    I'm pretty sure I started actually following hockey during the 2008-2009 season, because I remember that Rags/Caps wild card round really well. As a DC sports fan, it was nice having a regular playoff team...but then every year my hopes would be crushed in dramatic fashion. I guess this is...
  5. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Yes, the synergy gives extra exp if the character is from that game. So for Kain and Rydia, they get bonus exp for it. It's 800 something.
  6. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    The exp is evenly divided amongst your party members, regardless of level (and that includes if they're lvl 50). The fastest leveling I did was Rydia in Fabul Castle. It's almost 900 xp a pop, at 1 stamina per. Makes for incredibly fast leveling (could be used on Kain easily too).
  7. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Like I said, it depends on what you define as "natural." You're supplementing with vitamins, so one could argue that you're not completely natural. Is that retarded? Yes. I'm just making a point. Is creatine still natty? What about insulin? HGH? TRT? I think most would argue that TRT is...
  8. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    This. Don't throw anything into it either, just leave it as the base item at level 1. The amount of exp it provides is miniscule if you level it up, and combining it is a waste of time/resources.
  9. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Two copies? Or you've honed them to lvl 2? You should be honing and not creating extras. I guess if you want to take in Black Mage and Rydia it'd work, but you should work on honing them instead. And elites are apparently something where you really need to be high 20's for anyway. There's a...
  10. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    That one T-Nation article I think covered it pretty well. It really depends on the person's own definition. You could argue that creatine isn't natty. Hell, you could say that about vitamins too. The longer I've been doing this though, the less I care. It still takes a ridiculous amount of...
  11. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    I haven't gotten there quite yet, but most people are saying it should only take a few days of prep to be capable of beating Rufus (for Seph). I think one guy was saying it took him 3 days. Personally, on this 2nd account I've only been playing 2 days and I'm at level 24 and have cleared up to...
  12. Gravel

    Brave Frontier

    I'd say you're on the right track right now. As I mentioned before, you really just need to wait for a good rate up, which I know is frustrating because you're just waiting for an unknown period of time. But that's why I suggested just running through the quests as fast as you can to...
  13. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    For Rufus, apparently you can use dark attack to blind and then focus fire the pet down. If you don't have it, get Thunderstrike for Cloud (should have enough lightning orbs from the rest of Shinra, but may need to farm power orbs). Also not sure if you're honing your abilities, but work on that...
  14. Gravel

    NHL 2014-15 Season Thread

    I'm too lazy to figure it out, but I feel like there's a scenario where the Caps end up playing the Pens, Habs, and Rags (1st, 2nd, 3rd round in that order). If they could somehow make a run through them, it'd be like playoff redemption for the last 6 years or so.
  15. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Wow, shitty way to find out something like that. And I'd say really that EZ Bar Curls could have saved your life. Let that sink in for a moment...
  16. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Yeah, I ended up sort of answering this after doing more research. Since 2011(?), the lenders are required by law to outsource the appraisals and it's some sort of round robin system. So they basically don't get to pick at all. In the end it sounds like it comes down to whether your lender is...
  17. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Someone on Reddit has posted a lot about synergy bonuses, and posted these screenshots which makes it incredibly clear why you should pay attention to it. I'm putting together sets for each game. http://imgur.com/a/YwZgh
  18. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    The closing cost thing is apparently complicated with a VA loan. That said, Penfed currently has no origination fee on top of those rates. So we're really tempted to go with them (although my wife called and they said that may end at any time). So basically it comes down to whether we should...
  19. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    Does anyone have any experience or opinions on using an out of state lender? We're in California and were looking at Penfed (and also USAA) for a VA loan (3.25% with .5 points, and 3.15% with 1.25 points), but Penfed I believe is headquartered in Virginia. So when we go for an appraisal, I'm...
  20. Gravel

    2015 RR March Madness Bracket Challenge

    I was going to say, didn't UL's campus burn a bunch of shit after UK lost last night? Anyway, speaking of UK, I think it's strange because my wife's entire family (literally all of them...even her 84 year old grandmother who wouldn't answer the phone last night) are UK fans. But my wife and...
  21. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Apparently the company that makes this is notorious for terrible rates. Probably not a good idea to gamble on this unless you love it.
  22. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Apparently getting a 5* on daily summon is something like .007%. Pretty amazed I got it. In about 12 hours of my new account (including sleeping) I'm already around 17 and only have 1 more common dungeon to go (Figaro Cave). It'll take a while to upgrade my equipment and get all the abilities...
  23. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Nice. If I can figure out how to get it transferred to my phone, my 2nd reroll got a Masamune on the free daily roll (got the crappy Mythril Knives 3* that I had on my first account from relic roll). Edit: Well, I'm stumped. The one time code thing said it was accepted but it never changed...
  24. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    I use reddit and the official strategy website. Rydia dwarfs black mage. Just use her for anything you would with black magic. I'm trying Blue Stacks to reroll, but it just sits on the opening screen.
  25. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    I'm not. Tried to figure it out and it looks to be a giant pain in the ass. So I'll just stick with my garbage rolls.
  26. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    I said fuck it and rolled 5 times. 3* Golden Armor (VI) 3* Circlet (V) 3* Rune Blade (V) 3* Death Sickle (V) 3* Bronze Mace (XII) Fucking terrible...
  27. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I didn't say "100% of the time" they are. But there's a pretty high chance. It's the same reason I laugh at the steroids in professional athletes arguments. Yeah, someone's really going to give up hundreds of thousands of dollars bynottaking something.
  28. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    I'm actually curious about this, because it seems like mythril is incredibly rare. You've got the easy ones from the main dungeons and easy/normal dailies, and then some harder ones from elites and hard dailies. Otherwise it's just going to be special events (Shinra and whatever in the future)...
  29. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Look at items like you would characters. You rare summon for items which is what makes or breaks your teams in this one. The characters are all single use, common to all players, and in a few weeks should all be max level. You can upgrade any item twice (+ for the first, ++ the second)...
  30. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    I'm about 15 right now and Tifa's is the next one up. I could probably go in now and clear it, but I'm going to do some gearing up first.
  31. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    You can safely assume almost anyone who's making a living from it is on something. All those YouTube Fitness channels? Yeah, they're all using. In fact, the best way to judge for yourself is to google Sandow (the guy on the Olympia trophy). He's probably the epitome of what can be...
  32. Gravel

    Final Fantasy: Record Keeper - Mobile Gaming Cash Grab

    Yeah, I've found it a bit clunky. That said, it's pretty enjoyable so far. Not sure what Ao means by saying he's level 7. I'm assuming character levels? If so I hit 7/8 on a bunch in just a few hours playing.
  33. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I wasn't saying to lie to him about it. I just meant I'd probably just talk to him and let him know that while I appreciate his services, you're not training for a competition and in this situation he's going overboard. I get that he has a brand to maintain, but does he not have any normal...
  34. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    That's stupid. You're not prepping for a contest so there's no reason to be that stringent. That's the kind of bullshit that causes people to quit. Eat your dessert on Easter. Fuck, eat double the amount you normally would. The way I look at it is: If you were a fat fuck and you ate like...
  35. Gravel

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    In the Ravens case, it's more due to Ozzie I think. He's just significantly better than everyone else at this whole thing.
  36. Gravel

    Home buying thread

    I'm not sure if this was in regards to me or not, but I'll respond like it is. Deathwing hit on it above, but in my circumstance I kind of addressed this. Our current rent is $1200/mo. and the comparable houses are in the $140-160k range. So we're basically paying for the owner's mortgage (on...
  37. Gravel

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    I'm glad someone else decided to bitch about that. Went on last night to check the NHL scores and I'm like "What the fuck is this?" The worst part is you know they probably paid a retarded amount of money on that redesign.
  38. Gravel

    Community

    I don't know why, but "Gay Dean" to the tune of "Jolene" was absolutely hilarious when it first came on. And I always enjoy 80's nostalgia, and the Karate Kid shit was on point. Rafi also killed me with his whole "Ralph Macchio? Are you kidding?" bit.
  39. Gravel

    Survivor

    I feel like overall this is one of the dumbest casts they've ever had. But it may just be that Rodney gets a lot of screen time. I'm not sure why they voted off Kelly, but I guess looking at everyone who's left I can't tell who might be a legitimate threat.