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  1. Phazael

    X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

    As a star Trek Nerd, this is not Trek 5. There was no naked Uhura dance scene on the planet of galactic peace, no Spock sniper scoping god with a Bird of Prey, and Apoc was bribing people with offers of power and vengeance (vs Sybok being a religious nut who actually thought he was helping...
  2. Phazael

    X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

    Yeah, its not a masterpiece but its not some Bat Nipple shitshow the edge lords are making it sound like, either. Its slightly behind DoFP, so if you liked that movie you will enjoy this one a fair amount. Its main flaws were a lack of exposition on the main villain, JLaw hogging screen time...
  3. Phazael

    X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

    Actually had the opposite problem. Not enough plot and too much CGI jizzfest action scenes.
  4. Phazael

    X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

    My opinions almost exactly, though the JLaw shit was my biggest letdown, esp after how well they used her in DofP. And while dialog and exposition was criminally absent with Apocalypse, at least we finally got another comic book movie where the crisis wasn't something the heroes caused...
  5. Phazael

    The Free Will Thread

    Technically yes, but its unlikely that a computer capable of creating an accurate predictive model would be able to fit in the confines of the universe it is measuring. It sort of runs similar to the Uncertainty Principle from Quantumn physics. Knowing that everything is predictable does us...
  6. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Well, here comes a ten page derail.....
  7. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Yeah and they are tethered so you can gimp them with spells from the tower side of the bridge if you like. Though, honestly, once you have that campfire its more lucrative to crush the purple casters prior to that (water room with two dogs is easiest path to them) for easy mele farming.
  8. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    DS2 looks better, but that's mostly down to the 60fps. Enemy animation and models are better in DS3, but the environments are more varied and interesting in DS2 (though too much brown). The perfect game is likely some mix of those two installments.
  9. Phazael

    The Free Will Thread

    Photon transmission through an uneven medium is unpredictable to a point, but not random, because we don't have a complex enough predictive model. Just because we lack the tools or knowledge to understand a pattern does not make it random. Or are you seriously arguing that two identical...
  10. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Marriage is awesome, but it takes a few years of getting settled in for it to get really good. First few years are a test of ones will, discipline, and commitment, but once you make it past the stupid shit, its pretty damn good. Having said that, you can't make a marble statue out of a turd...
  11. Phazael

    The Free Will Thread

    I agree with the pure physics argument that Simas is advancing, but realistically it is irrelevant as Lithose stated. Nothing is truly random and everything is a direct consequence of something that proceeded it (or at the same time but has no direct discernable connection if you are a fan of...
  12. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Early farms? First good one is actually coop on the tree boss. Even if the attempt fails, you rake in good XP from the trash mobs and people are always summoning help on that fight even during non peak hours. The graveyard before it is great, too, once you have the giant allied with you...
  13. Phazael

    Mist Mostly Mightily Blames Other People or MMMBOP for short.

    Simple. Put in two weeks and leave for the other job without making a giant production number out of it like a faggot. I am fairly certain they will never see that coming. That said, is the fact that your job forced you to see a therapist not some sort of giant red flag that your perception...
  14. Phazael

    Mist Mostly Mightily Blames Other People or MMMBOP for short.

    I have had a lot of female IT coworkers think this over the years. It was only true about two of them. One was a Novell expert and the other used to have a penis. If anything you said is remotely true Mist, you should move to south Texas. They are hurting bad for low level networking...
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    Mist Mostly Mightily Blames Other People or MMMBOP for short.

    And not living under her mom's skirt. Or dating. Or eating pussy. Or moving on with life. Or rape statistics. Or anything involving socializing. Actually, Mist pretty much sucks at everything, which is hilariously ironic for someone so smug and judgmental.
  16. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Don't do this. I know its hard with your age and background.
  17. Phazael

    Mist Mostly Mightily Blames Other People or MMMBOP for short.

    Yeah have fun with that on your resume. Just move the fuck on and take that other job for 6 months, since you are going to end up crawling back to University of Feels to whatever hugbox you dwell in there. At least you won't have a black mark on your work record for stirring up shit down the...
  18. Phazael

    Blood Bowl 2

    Oh joy. The first time they did this it nearly killed the table top community. This will likely end it for this game.
  19. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Count me in the "Fuck her but don't get emotionally invested crowd" too. Letting a woman back burner you is a recipe for Aanima like disaster. She will keep stringing this situation along as long as you let her get away with it. If she is not even putting out, then bail and devote yourself to...
  20. Phazael

    Mist Mostly Mightily Blames Other People or MMMBOP for short.

    One fucking year? Seriously? How old are you again? Forget what I said and eat that shit sandwich. You are short term employment and meant to be used up like dishrag. The fact that you do not know this and are eager to jump back into college for more non-STEM training pretty much cements...
  21. Phazael

    Mist Mostly Mightily Blames Other People or MMMBOP for short.

    Yeah shorter hair and you nailed it. On the topic of the job front, go to HR with this shit. What you are asking for is not unreasonable and if you really put in all that OT during crisis and male new hires are getting more, you have a pretty solid case for discrimination. Expect to have to...
  22. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Yeah not going to go for plat on this. I am not a PvP guy in the first place, but there is no fucking way I am going to trudge through that shit for a fucking PS4 trophy. Finished my NG run and the last part of the game was easy to the point of being silly. One shotted solo nearly everything...
  23. Phazael

    Captain America: Civil War (2016)

    Liked it. It had some flaws, namely it would be nice to see a Marvel movie from Disney where there is a real bad guy and the heroes don't cause all the problems they are dealing with again and the fairly Wile E Coyote like plan the antagonist had. I can't believe I am saying this, but...
  24. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Or if you are pyro, Great Chaos FB skunks them fast.
  25. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    I had yesterday off of work and decided to dive into NG+ for fun. My build is not optimal, but I am basically doing a 40/40 Pyro build rocking the Sunbro or MLGS most of the time (Ith Sword early on), or at least 40/40 is where I am at now. First play, I absolutely crawled through the game...
  26. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Also, if you are any good at pyro, the charm spell on the BKs makes the whole climb a joke and one of the best XP farms in the game.
  27. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    There were some changes made last night on the PS4. We just got 1.04 /1.05 last night. It broke online play in the US and caused a framerate issue. Come to think of it, they have always tied parts of their mechanics in the engine to framerate (DS2 durability issue) so maybe its the framerate...
  28. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Well they definitely fucked with hit boxes to some degree, but if its on straight swords I sure as fuck can't tell. My Sunbro+10 sword still hits like a mack truck, so damage is clearly not affected. I noticed that the MLGS is a lot more picky about hitting than it was.
  29. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    I actually arrow cheesed the lightning worm (and most of the Demon mini bosses) and cleared the demon boss before I ever even touched the caves under Smoldering Lake. There is a lot of shit in this game that you can make easy with a bow. And Demon Souls basically toughened me up for everything...
  30. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Yhorm is easy even solo, if you know about the weapon. He is slow enough to get good distance and use a variety of tactics on. I am having the same issue as Kruegan with the dragon, but I am practicing fast switching to and from 2h with the MLGS to get good damage on that guy. Honestly, the...
  31. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Beat the main story and just have the dragon optional boss to take down. Last boss was a fucking joke compared to the cheaty teleporting dick puncher that proceeded him. His weapon isn't bad, but MLGS is superior to it.
  32. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Straightsword and enough dex for whatever bow you use to cheese pull. Faith only needs to be high enough to cover spell and item reqs, since INT scaling is so much more impactful on the major spells you will actually use.
  33. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Chaos Fireball is pretty good for that, too. Mainly because the lava pool generates extra hits and takes out any trash they might be hiding among (if invader) as well. I don't PvP (unless invaded or summoned to help with an invasion) but the chatter has mostly been bitching about the shield...
  34. Phazael

    Dr. Mario's Retard Rehabilitation Program

    Clearly they must have hired some darkies to do the cleaning, then.
  35. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Wind up on that is super long and you are likely to get kicked or bashed (or worse, parried) before you can land it.
  36. Phazael

    NFL 2016 Offseason Thread - Fins' Quest to Defend Their Crown

    I didn't think it was possible for the Eagles to top the clownshow from last off season, but I was mistaken.
  37. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    That's very true, but poise is essentially meaningless. The player gets stunfucked by the wimpiest of hall trash and enemies either ignore getting hit entirely or are locked as long as you can mash R1 with zero in between. Its kind of sad, really, because poise builds working as an option was...
  38. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Yeah Pyro is so much better in this game its not even funny. Lightning Faith builds took it in the ass this time around, as well. RE Dancer Blades- They are fun, but utter dog shit because of the split mitigation issue and the spin move does next to nothing when blocked, beyond draining...
  39. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    I am still working on the dragon boss, though I have beat him as an ally with another player. I did my normal balanced everything built to try stuff out that I do in every souls game the first time through, so I had 20s across the board (except Luck) for the longest time, until I decided to nut...
  40. Phazael

    Dark Souls 3

    Invis and arrow screwage can get you past a lot of it. The silver knight guys cannot cross the bridge before the spiral stair tower, so you can literally sit out of their reach and poke them with a superior reach weapon at zero risk, if you want. The cathedral area casters can be skunked by...