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  1. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Just FYI, you can do the pre-load even without a founder's pack.
  2. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Their logic is "it's followed by a recession." Uh, yeah, no kidding...when you're at essentially max unemployment, the only place to go is down. They also kept saying "1950's" as if that's supposed to make people scared. I'd imagine most people would love to revisit the 1950's in just about...
  3. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Threatens who? Seems like the only one who suffers from that is themselves.
  4. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Same here. I skipped around this super long video with Stoopzz and Saintone, and even with them being two people who are super hardcore into the game, it seems like every single class they were like, "eh, I didn't have that much fun on this class." It was kind of bizarre. So I just waffle back...
  5. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    There a way to link to that as opposed to embed? That's awful in the tiny window it embeds in.
  6. Gravel

    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    I was hopeful at the start when they said it turned into a "bigger project" that they not only watched all 11 Bruce Willis movies, but branched out and watched a bunch of other actors who were doing it. Instead, they watched 3.
  7. Gravel

    Peacemaker

    It's weird how I watched the first episode of Pam and Tommy, and nothing, but after this one was over I wanted to listen to some Crue.
  8. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Depends on where you go, but I've seen literally every pack listed as the best value and worst value. Except platinum which people all say is worth it if you're willing to plunk down the cash.
  9. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Are we planning on making our own guild, or latching onto someone else?
  10. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Looks like Azena is going to be the largest server but followed very, very closely by Regulus. Just an FYI.
  11. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Something that should tank Amazon stock price.
  12. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    In fairness, most of us have no idea what we're getting into. Seems like the game has about a hundred different systems and currencies, and we don't know what matters and when. Part of it is that we're getting a game already developed, one where the developer has insisted the publisher release...
  13. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Thought I had read that queues were region specific and not server?
  14. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Just for the head start. And it sounds like everyone is saying it doesn't matter.
  15. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    I was going to go with bronze. I may just forego it completely depending on when we decide to leave and just pick up the game fresh when we get back. I do enjoy a good release rush, and I'm retired so I can make the most of it, but if I only get 2-4 days to play and then have to shelve it for a...
  16. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Got kind of excited about this after watching some videos, and tempted to get the founders pack, but ironically I think we're going to end up on the road sometime next week. So I'd be paying for the early access and then stopping at release to probably pick it back up a week later. Not sure...
  17. Gravel

    Weather

    Same here in Florida. Gonna drop the highs into the 50's in a few days. Fucking winter storms!
  18. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Man, that red candle on Meta. That's hilarious.
  19. Gravel

    The Woman King (2022)

    I was more wondering about the part where they made it sound like they took on the mighty French in battle and succeeded. Looked it up and they got fucking steamrolled. Unsurprisingly. Looks like the French suffered about 4x as many casualties from disease in Africa than they did at the hands...
  20. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    From the sounds of it their naming system is dog shit, so more than likely nearly every character I have will have something ridiculous. But yeah, that was my actual question...whether 3 days makes any difference. Not whether $15 is worth it. It doesn't seem like you get anything worthwhile...
  21. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Is this thing really worth $15 to play 3 days early?
  22. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    So what you're saying is inflation is going to get a LOT worse.
  23. Gravel

    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    I think the problem with a lot of new ones is it's all CGI gibs which just doesn't look the same as practical effects.
  24. Gravel

    1883

    Taylor Sheridan is just a really good writer. Something that should be easy but apparently eludes most screenwriters is having characters with consistent principles who you can somewhat predict how they would act. And then having them evolve throughout the journey the show/movie takes you on...
  25. Gravel

    New World

    That's one of the reasons I stopped. I got to about GS 550 and just thought...why am I doing this? There's no noticeable difference in content you can complete as your gear score goes up. The power curve doesn't exist once you hit max level. So if they bump it up to 700, why would I assume it...
  26. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    There a class overview that's not an hour long YouTube video?
  27. Gravel

    vampire survivors

    I still like whip just for the heal.
  28. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Not a fan of that kind of system either. The one where you need to plan out what you're going to want 6 months in advance, because fucking it up means you're fucked forever unless you spend months fixing it.
  29. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    I hate their system even without items blowing up. Going from a III to a II when trying to upgrade to IV is shit. It makes you weaker for trying to play the game. That's shit gameplay.
  30. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    You're really not selling me on this game. The more you explain, the shittier it sounds.
  31. Gravel

    Weather

    One of the first things I looked at with buying our last two houses was the orientation. 50+ years ago they made sure houses were built facing north/south. At some point retarded builders started building east/west, which is incredibly energy inefficient.
  32. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    Sounds like maybe Admin is going on Galatur. There are other big streamers too though, like shroud, with a significantly larger follower count. I imagine this won't be like New World where you can avoid it completely.
  33. Gravel

    Lost Ark Online

    So... Regulus? I'm assuming everyone is deferring to someone like @Raes who will probably put in way more time than anyone else with this.
  34. Gravel

    vampire survivors

    Had what I thought was going to be an amazing run, but it really didn't want to give me Ebony birds until the very very end (had a level 1 one early, but couldn't max it til about min 28). 5 evolves, and I had hoped the last would be a fire wand (for 6), but then I saw Lancet so I figured I'd...
  35. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Reversion to the mean (edit: Shit, @Sanrith Descartes beat me to that in a reply). It's been said many, many times, but pretty much no fund manager can beat the market return long term. Sure, you get some that can beat it one year. There are a couple rockstars who beat it for maybe 3 or 4 years...
  36. Gravel

    The Astronomy Thread

    Apparently a SpaceX rocket launched back in 2015 is expected to hit the moon. I'm amazed at how improbable that is. Unfortunately it'll be on the far side so we won't see the crater.
  37. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Well shit, we're almost to 4450 at the open.
  38. Gravel

    vampire survivors

    I lied, played a bit more yesterday. I wish the 30 minute thing wasn't such a bullshit mechanic. Apparently there are two weapons you can get that can help you make it past that point, but you don't always have them as an option, which is also bullshit. Anyway, I had a super good one last...
  39. Gravel

    The forgotten movies

    I watched tons of movies from before I was born. It's most of what I watched growing up.
  40. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    Left to go hang some garage storage before the Fed meeting. Come back and everyone is talking about how everything is fine and the Fed said nothing of importance. Meanwhile the market took a massive shit and I can't figure out what happened?