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  1. Phazael

    Wasteland 2

    While the ARs are the dominant weapon in the game, there are reasons for having at least one SMG and one or two sniper specialists in the group. Having one or two mele guys helps a lot, too.
  2. Phazael

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    So basically, the same song and double down dance Bellicheat used when he got nailed for spygate? Yeah, Colts asking the NFL in advance to check the balls and then getting busted is not collusion. Its called "We know you have been pulling this shit all year, so now we are going to be ready to...
  3. Phazael

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    As I said earlier, it is not the crime but the cover-up that gets you busted. If he is allowed to attend training camp and pre-season meetings, four games will not be that severe. I am sure the Cheatriots will be just fine exiting his suspension at 2-2. I really think that Bellicheat and...
  4. Phazael

    Dark Souls 2

    Drop rates seem lower with this version. I remember I farmed the shit out of the big black muppet monsters in the water basement area of the Dragon Shrine and had piles of Dragon Bones, plus the water zone before Undead Crypt dropped tons of Twinkling. Both dropped a lot less playing this...
  5. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Sounds like a number of factors: Dog Died- My wife was absolutely nuts for a year after her dog passed away. Moving away from home- Much harder on women, who often like to keep close with their families, than men and you already pointed out that she has not made new friends. This pretty...
  6. Phazael

    Dark Souls 2

    Yeah the durability patch needs to happen in the PS4. Its literally impossible to use certain weapons due to it. I wound up sticking with the Grand Lance this playthrough, despite really wanting to use a couple other weapons, due to it being the only good weapon with high Dur. Even then, it...
  7. Phazael

    The Tanoubliette: Pussy Hurt and Delusions or TTPHAD for short.

    He is immune to both logic and ideas. He lacks the former and he gets all of the latter from his chosen idols. This is really why I have him on ignore. Its not that I disagree with him. Its that he simply cannot see past his idolization of certain people long enough to either accept outside...
  8. Phazael

    What's the worst movie you've seen at the theatre?

    I am sort of a connoisseur of bad movies and worked as a theatre manager for a while, so I got to indulge my hobby a bunch. As for movies I actually paid money to see in a theatre, there are five that stand out as the worst of the worst: Leonard Part 6 - Bill Cosby at his finest. Hardware-...
  9. Phazael

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    The real issue here is integrity. If they do absolutely nothing, then they send a clear message of "cheat to get a title if you can, because there are no real consequences to getting caught." which in my view already happened the year they caught Seattle's entire backfield doping and let them...
  10. Phazael

    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    Depends on the company and the culture. My wife's company keeps trying to shift stuff to India and some eastern European shithole, but it always backfires and ending up costing them more money to fix the fuckups these people cause. The only people who come out ahead are certain execs who get...
  11. Phazael

    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    That's good, but at some point even non managers are forced to deal with conflicting goals/opinions in a work environment. Sadly, being the more likeable guy who can communicate their point better will generally win out over the Asperger guy with flawless logic.
  12. Phazael

    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    Well, the basic truth is that eventually advancement in a field ultimately means being in charge of other people. That means leadership skills, which means social skills, which means the ability to bullshit on some level. It is rare that the best workers make the best managers, in fact it is...
  13. Phazael

    The Dallas Cowboys Memorial (2015 Off-Season) Thread

    Well, I think the impact on the game was likely minimal (and many other teams do similar things), but it is never the crime that gets you. It is always the cover up. And if Tom was non-cooperative with the investigation, then the Commish will very likely make a big example out of him, just not...
  14. Phazael

    Bootstrappers guide to being successful.

    The next time you guys joke about making her a Mod, I want everyone to remember this thread.
  15. Phazael

    who is the best rapper in the wu-tang clan?

    ODB, not even a contest. Dude made anyting he touched more awesome by proximity alone. Exhibit A:
  16. Phazael

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    It is. Whedon said it as much himself in interviews. Plus the dude has been bending over backwards to suck blue hair tranny cock since they made him a priority after the first movie. He is a genuine feminsist forced to play ball with Wu Trans Clan because he works in entertainment and has...
  17. Phazael

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    PS- They could not do the go into space thing because then the weaker characters who cannot survive in space become even more useless. At least the city thing gave them something to do. Also, if you let Vision, Ironman, and Thor engage you in open space with no civilians to protect, that fight...
  18. Phazael

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Movie was good, but it was not up to the level of the first. In fact I would go so far to say it was barely in the top 5 of MCU movies, behind Guardians, Winter Soldier, Avengers 1, and IM1 (only barely here). We might see it a second time, but the wife and I are actually more interested in...
  19. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    Umm I am almost scared to ask, but what is candling?
  20. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    Maybe rename it to Defining Ethics.
  21. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    @Cad- in my view, ethics lapse the more focused on basic personal needs an individual becomes due to circumstances. I think the bulk of non sociopathic people would agree that torture is bad, but the minute 9/11 happened and a bunch of sheep felt fear, they justified it in their minds and over...
  22. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    Why is that a stretch? Just because the majority of people do a thing does not magically make it ethical. There have been plenty of accepted practices that the majority engaged in over history that have been later shown to be reprehensible when examined in hindsight with a critical eye.
  23. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    I understand your point, but realize that valuing life is something that has been proven to exist in most higher mammals with social structures. I think what you are talking about is hyperbolic victim culture tropes. At a basic level, human beings do not want to see others suffer, but often...
  24. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Well as more or less a kept man, I can say that I consider it important to be involved with a career (even though the wife makes way more) just so that I feel like a worthy partner. There are trophy men out there, but they usually end up kicked to the curb for handies in the parking lot like...
  25. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    Yeah I will +1 this.
  26. Phazael

    Science Ethics and Racism in Drug Enforcement Thread

    Hodj probably knows the terminology on this better, but trying to make an argument that a social order in power dictates the definition of what is ethical is basically "Might Makes Right", which is great in the rare cases when the powerful are actually on the correct side of things. Let me...
  27. Phazael

    Mortal Kombat X

    Lag kills online for us casuals. Hard to execute in the lag when half the players just spam luik the Faulty Armor three kick combo all the time. Impossible to time blocks to get in with the non training wheels characters online. Hope they fix it, because if so this is the most casual access able...
  28. Phazael

    Dark Souls 2

    It happened in all games in the series to varying degrees. The katana assholes on the sky manta level did it in Demons Souls. Anything with a spear did it DS1. Those witch cunts with the hot pokers and the big axe turtle shell guys in the woods area do it in BB. Its a thing they use on...
  29. Phazael

    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    Oh, look a straw man argument. Well at least its more effort than I thought you would put into being intellectually dishonest. Are you seriously going to suggest you are too retarded to see their general views on religion and its relationship to government and civilized culture? I guess we...
  30. Phazael

    Dragons Dogma Online(Dafuq you say Crapcom?)

    Yeah MMO DD can suck it. P2W and endless rebalancing circle jerk will suck all the fun out of it. How could they fuck it up so badly after what a masterpiece Dark Arisen was?
  31. Phazael

    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    Here is the most concise article on it, including citations. Feel free to ignore it in your normal retarded way.
  32. Phazael

    Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian's new CRPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate

    The third expansion for NWN2 did a great deal to improve the game. The map based campaign was actually a lot of fun to play and, as stated, modules that used those tools were really good. The thing that crippled that game was the performance issues (at least until I7s hit the market) and the...
  33. Phazael

    Butthurt white guys, an Asian virgin and an angry lesbian walk into a bar...

    Have you seen the interviews with her? She is strong in the Jew side of the force. I am surprised she wasn't promoted.
  34. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I will say that games without a pause button, like all MMOS and the From Software Souls games, piss my wife off a lot. She hates me not being able to pause and do stuff with her at a moment's notice. The irony in this is that we met playing EQ together for years, so she is herself an MMO vet...
  35. Phazael

    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    Yeah, going to have to go with Ace Rimmer on this. I am a fat ugly straight white guy with gay friends and I have never felt even remotely unwelcome when I have on occasion set foot in a gay bar. Uncomfortable at times? Sure, but I am sure a black guy who goes to a Nascar event feels about...
  36. Phazael

    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    This sort of Orwellian interpretation of that passage is typical of you religious idiots. Its the same up is down interpretation the jeebus freaks use to claim this is actually a christian nation. You all also very carefully and conveniently ignore the mountains of quotes by the founding...
  37. Phazael

    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    Furry is retarded and gay, so naturally he believes them to be related.
  38. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    My wife expects me to come to bed when she does, which is sometimes annoying if I am working on something. But our bedroom is a nerd paradise, so I can literally play games and watch TV in there, too. We call it the Wall of Shame and refer to the bedroom as the Reality Deprivation Chamber...
  39. Phazael

    Indiana...Religious Freedom eh? *sigh*

    Frankly, allowing any religious belief to affect any policy for a public establishment (aside from churches themselves) is a direct contradiction of separation of church and state. The government should stop banding over to please religious interests. Despite what all the retards south of the...
  40. Phazael

    Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian's new CRPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate

    There are only a couple stats that matter, which is somewhat of a flaw in the game. Might is basically the god stat for anyone who is not a dedicated meat shield. Intelligence is right behind it if you are a caster. Resolve is important for classes with the auras, like paladins. Beyond that...