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  1. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Wife and I have been watching a lot of Bondi Rescue, which is basically a reality show version of Baywatch, set at Bondi Beach in Australia. I'd say 50% of the show is a lifeguard yelling at a group of Asians to stop swimming in the giant rip current (with a massive no swimming sign in front of...
  2. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Friday with friends and the game seemed really good. Yesterday, solo, game seemed punishingly hard. Not a big deal for most things like territory, but something like a bounty was almost fucking impossible when you're in a new area and don't have time to scout out a good place to set up a fight...
  3. Gravel

    Captain Marvel (2019)

    The most normal one I've seen is "Tripper." He reported to his squadron with the first two female pilots in the Navy. So he became Tripper, like Jack Tripper from Three's Company. My favorite is "Killface." It's this 5 foot nothing chick. I don't know the story behind it, but fuck I can only...
  4. Gravel

    Death and... Taxes.

    Yeah, this is how mine works. Likely because, like you mentioned, it's paid out of escrow.
  5. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Did the American History museum last night, and holy fuck was that cool. Can't wait to battle through the other museums.
  6. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Today has been excruciating waiting. And really, my squad isn't playing until about 5pm PST tomorrow. Work's going to suck.
  7. Gravel

    The Division 2

    The specializations one is kind of a weird "perk" to me. It seems like you're paying to have less content. I guess maybe if they're just insane grinds of resources or something completely unfun, but either way, that'd be like paying extra money to be level 30 and not do the main missions. Sure...
  8. Gravel

    Weather

    Sounds like you got hit with what we had in California this past weekend. We went camping in Barstow thinking the weather would be nice. Was miserably windy. Couldn't do shit.
  9. Gravel

    The Division 2

    That's pretty much what clans in Destiny 2 were. Just a way to get extra loot. Hell, you couldn't even communicate in game with anyone!
  10. Gravel

    The Division 2

    So far I don't think I've seen any negative criticism of this game. Kind of surprised because based on the beta I was just kind of meh on it.
  11. Gravel

    Captain Marvel (2019)

    The RLM video covered this video, but my impression is that she's just a giant cunt.
  12. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Pre-load = beta client? Or is it a separate pre-load? Generally I feel like you need to download the whole game again after a beta, but it felt like the massive size of the beta download was the full client already.
  13. Gravel

    Mortal Engines (2018)

    My biggest complaint was that it was just super fucking lazy. They didn't explain shit. For instance, introducing random ass characters that are super important to the plot like 30 minutes from the conclusion. It was also all over the place. That may have worked for books, but stuff like undead...
  14. Gravel

    The Division 2

    I'll be on PC too, but we'll have a group of 4. Not sure if it'll be like an MMO where if I do stuff without them, I outlevel them and it makes it not fun for anyone.
  15. Gravel

    Weather

    Yeah, Southern California was fucking cold this year. January and February I feel like only had a day or two that wasn't cold as shit. It was pretty miserable.
  16. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Saw an AV-8B doing a vertical landing for the first time today. Was fucking cool as shit seeing a jet just hovering in place. Shit was LOUD too.
  17. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    The boomers aren't close to retirement, they're already there. The youngest baby boomers were born in the early 60's and are now in their mid-50's. The rest are in their 60's and 70's already. But with the oldest millennials entering their late 30's, I'd guess it's a pretty equal replacement...
  18. Gravel

    The Division 2

    It's weird, I had no bugs or anything in the 4-5 hours I played the closed beta. In open beta I've been stuck in the geometry and crashed in less than an hour of play. Not good.
  19. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Their thing says it doesn't work for pre-orders, but I've also read that for a few people that it did work. So who knows?
  20. Gravel

    Free Solo (2018)

    Kind of surprised there wasn't a thread for this one. I maybe saw something in the Documentary thread about it, but seeing how it won an Oscar, I feel like it deserved a stand alone. I had actually seen Alex in a van life video several months ago not knowing who he was (reference the Grape...
  21. Gravel

    Free Solo (2018)

    Title: Free Solo Tagline: Live beyond fear Genre: Documentary Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Cast: Alex Honnold, Sanni McCandless, Jimmy Chin, Tommy Caldwell, Mikey Schaefer, Cheyne Lempe Release: 2018-12-14 Runtime: 100 Plot: Follow Alex Honnold as he...
  22. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Yeah, guess I should've clarified PC. I can't really follow what the fuck all this Steam trading shit or whatever is, so I'm thinking GMG is the cheapest at $53.99?
  23. Gravel

    What are you listening to at the moment?

    Wife was watching some show on Netflix with Billy Baldwin and I heard this song and really liked it. Reminds me a lot of Band of Horses. Took a while to find.
  24. Gravel

    The Division 2

    So what's the cheapest way to pre-order this?
  25. Gravel

    The Division 2

    Glad this was fixed. Is the whole getting outside cover better now? It was super annoying that you almost felt "stuck" to something as soon as you hide behind it. Same with the menu system. Did they fix all the double clicking shit? That was super annoying.
  26. Gravel

    The Netflix Thread

    So I've been thinking about this since this post, and I'm fairly convinced at this point that the parents in both families were part of a sex child ring or something similar. It's just that most people can't grasp that kind of evil and so we just buy into them being the dumbest parents on the...
  27. Gravel

    The Netflix Thread

    Don't forget, "Hey, my therapist told me I need to sleep in the same bed as your 11 year old 4 nights a week (for 6 months) for my condition. I've also got some special vitamins to give her that help, you know, with my condition. And uh, we probably need to wall off the bedroom she shares with...
  28. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    Lag issues are gone this morning. Weird. Got 2 wins playing duos.
  29. Gravel

    Survivor

    Two seasons ago I said I was done with Survivor. But for some reason I decided to give last season a shot. And it didn't disappoint. I was kind of thinking the show had bought itself another season or two of redemption for myself. But fuck, this one has my two least favorite things; returning...
  30. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    Not sure if it's the same issue, but I had something that sounds similar yesterday. It kept giving me an error that the "Party was not ready" when I was solo queue'ing, but I think in an out of the way place where I didn't see it. Restarted and it went away. Was a weird one.
  31. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    Glad it's not just me. Played one game and was rubberbanding all over the place. Pretty much unplayable.
  32. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    205 degrees? Congratulations, you overslapped your chicken.
  33. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    Seems like I'd get it when someone else is jumpmaster though? And why is it then impacting people who jump with me when I'm jumpmaster?
  34. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    So I get a constant micro-stutter whenever I'm jumpmaster. Made a post on Reddit but got no responses. It doesn't impact any of the rest of the game. The problem is that it also impacts my team, but only for the jump. If anyone else is JM, no issues. I've tried turning down a bunch of video...
  35. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    Doc streaming with Gordon Hayward right now, which is kind of cool.
  36. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I started doing box squats a few months ago. I'm not that old (35), but I'm at the point where fuck going ass to grass. I've got nothing to prove at this point.
  37. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    Woke up and decided to play my first ever match with rando's. Got my first win. Feels weird. 43 hours in with my normal crew and we get top 3 a lot, but never won.
  38. Gravel

    Apex Legends new free to play battle royale game from Respawn

    I switched to borderless window the first day because I read something about it helping stutter. I've never crashed.
  39. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    It's one of the few Thanksgiving movies.