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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
03/07/25 12:23:29 PM
#363
My quick ranking of the ongoing shows I'm watching

  1. Apothecary Diaries
  2. Sakamoto Days
  3. Blue Box
  4. Honey Lemon Soda
  5. Terrified Teacher

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 455: You should be thanking us for these topics
Maniac64
03/07/25 12:16:29 PM
#172
FFDragon posted...
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-speeches-from-trans-dems

some hopeful news

if that can happen in montana maybe not all is completely lost
Can they come speak in Iowa next?

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TopicDillos of Wisdom:the legend of the shared brain cell [rip switch] [dillos]
Maniac64
03/07/25 8:20:26 AM
#292
mnk posted...
To be fair, if I was Acaster and I had just seen that Rhod closed the garage door to start making some scribbles, I'd have some renewed anger too.
Oh now I remember this challenge lol

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TopicDillos of Wisdom:the legend of the shared brain cell [rip switch] [dillos]
Maniac64
03/05/25 10:21:57 PM
#287
What do you think of Wangs outfil?

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 455: You should be thanking us for these topics
Maniac64
03/05/25 9:10:07 AM
#109
Seanchan posted...
https://www.techspot.com/news/107023-trump-calls-end-chips-act-redirect-funds-national.html

Trump wants to get rid of the CHIPS Act, a bipartisan effort to get semiconductor manufacturing back into the US.

Yep, makes perfect sense...
Obviously we need to increase imports in order to get more tariff revenues to replace the loss from income taxes.

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
03/03/25 10:23:33 AM
#334
MacArrowny posted...
Wasn't Vivy huge? Everyone was talking about it when it came out. For original anime, it was more popular than Odd Taxi, which also aired that season (and was better IMO).
I've never heard of it for what that is worth.

I have definitely heard of Odd Taxi but never watched it.

EDIT: I probably shouldn't say I've never heard of it. It might have been on one of those show lists people post here of what all they are watching or looking ahead to the coming season. But the name does not sound familiar at all.

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TopicSuper Bowl LIX Discussion Topic
Maniac64
03/02/25 9:11:21 PM
#266
Yes.

Literally was the big "problem" for Tyler Lindebaum a couple years ago that made him fall to the Ravens.

Now he is a pro bowler and already one of the best centers in the league.

He still went first round but before that he was considered potentially the best O lineman in the draft.

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
03/02/25 7:20:50 PM
#321
Mr_Crispy posted...
it's in the image. "I Want to Love You Til Your Dying Day".
That was less of a "what is the name of the series" and more of a "what did I just watch?"

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TopicYour Petty Grievances in Mafia
Maniac64
03/02/25 10:41:20 AM
#19
BlueCrystalTear posted...
Being busy for a day and coming back to a thousand new posts, then giving up hope of ever catching up on the topic
Oh hey, the reason I don't play mafia here!

Ifrit posted...
-People taking the game waaaaaaaay too seriously
This is the other reason.

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TopicSuper Bowl LIX Discussion Topic
Maniac64
03/02/25 10:38:10 AM
#263
MysteriousStan posted...
For a 5th round pick. Trading for a WR is pretty cheap if you have the cap space.
Damn it, I feel like the Broncos could have made that trade.

We could really use Deebo.

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
03/02/25 10:34:24 AM
#314
UshiromiyaEva posted...
You really buried the lead not posting the trailer for the one, holy shit.

https://youtu.be/eaKMVPwU3nU?si=cVaKMWaw4N533aIf
What is this series?!

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TopicSuper Bowl LIX Discussion Topic
Maniac64
03/01/25 1:30:28 PM
#260
From the last comic writeup.
Maybe the Giants can just sign Rodgers instead and I can straight up root for everyones downfall all year for the first time in my life. Might be a fun way to switch things up. Dave joker mode.
You just know this will result in some good comics.

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TopicDo you like this character? Day 1580: Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Maniac64
03/01/25 1:28:38 PM
#9
No

Sorry Michelle. RIP

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TopicSuper Bowl LIX Discussion Topic
Maniac64
03/01/25 11:17:42 AM
#256
Is it bad that part of me wants that to happen because of what it would mean for The Draw Play comics?

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
03/01/25 11:15:00 AM
#307
Jinbei is awesome and a great member of the crew.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 454: King Nothing
Maniac64
03/01/25 11:12:57 AM
#463
UltimaterializerX posted...
Its the private sector, too. We already showed we work better at home, so just let us? Its common sense?
The old people in charge don't believe that.

They are convinced that WFH means everyone will slack off and not work. Or secretly work multiple jobs.

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
03/01/25 10:44:05 AM
#305
SHINE_GET_64 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/663cf0da.jpg
Perfect.

Didn't know I needed Arlong doing a modern One Piece reaction face, but I definitely did.

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TopicBest Pirate Game?
Maniac64
02/28/25 12:47:21 PM
#20
scarletspeed7 posted...
Definitely AC4, in terms of pure piracy.

This was how I voted. Skies of Arcadia is my favorite of the games but feels like more of an Explorer game than a pirate game, despite you being a pirate.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 454: King Nothing
Maniac64
02/28/25 8:31:17 AM
#384
foolm0r0n posted...
Everyone who made your life as good as it is, was motivated by money. You should learn to respect them.
The people who have made my life worse were also motivated by money.

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TopicAny way for me to replace this light bulb?
Maniac64
02/26/25 6:25:51 PM
#4
Or Home Depot/Lowes

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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/26/25 2:23:37 PM
#382
After we beat Midnight Suns

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TopicBoard 8's Top 20 XBOX 360 Games - Voting Topic
Maniac64
02/26/25 1:43:11 PM
#54
I'm always doomed by the timing of these topics. Last two business days of a month through the end of the first week are crazy busy for me every month.

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Topicnext Tekken 8 DLC character revealed #fitegames
Maniac64
02/25/25 3:41:04 PM
#8
GavsEvans123 posted...
Anna fighting with a rocket launcher hardly seems fair, though I guess the King of Iron Fist has been an anything goes tournament for a while now.

I feel like Jack has bigger stuff than a rocket launcher anyway.

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Topicnext Tekken 8 DLC character revealed #fitegames
Maniac64
02/25/25 8:32:19 AM
#5
I do not.

I mostly remember their endings involving hostile pranks and attacks on each other.

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
02/24/25 1:29:45 PM
#284
I love real sports and sports anime/manga.

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TopicHowl's Moving Castle makes no goddamn sense.
Maniac64
02/24/25 1:27:59 PM
#27
MZero posted...
It's very surprising to me because it's very popular in Japan and a lot of my friends like it so I thought it was well-liked

I only ever saw the second half which made it make even less sense probably
It is very popular. It is probably one of the most popular Ghibli movies. At least that is the impression I get from all the Howl's merch that is still being made and sold.

It's just not popular among people who watch a lot of Ghibli and anime movies.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 454: King Nothing
Maniac64
02/23/25 2:25:08 PM
#225
Kenri posted...
15 minute intervals?? Sounds like a great way to make your employees spend more time filling out dumb time trackers than working
Yep!

I made sure to add a line for the tracker itself on there.

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TopicAvatar: Seven Havens announced (new animated series)
Maniac64
02/23/25 2:22:06 PM
#108
CassandraCain posted...
Considering it wasn't originally intended to be a full arc, I'd say it turned out pretty damn good.

Especially since Wax and Wayne are two of the best cosmere characters.
Steris and Wax is by far the best relationship Sanderson has ever done.

So that's a big point in its favor as well.

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TopicAvatar: Seven Havens announced (new animated series)
Maniac64
02/23/25 10:42:25 AM
#92
Yeah with metal bending now being a thing earth benders are the most helpful people on the ship. Next is air benders who can keep the air in the ship when there is an opening into space.

Water benders are the ones who are really limited. Welcome to sanitation I guess.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 454: King Nothing
Maniac64
02/23/25 10:37:27 AM
#215
Seanchan posted...
The other thought is that this is just the next phase of FUD against federal employees to get them to quit. Just stupid trolling of people trying to do their jobs.
Sadly I know too many managers who think stuff like this is a great idea.

When we got a new regional controller at my job we all had to do 6 week time trackers where we broke down everything we did during each day down to 15 minute intervals.

Nothing came from it, but she thought it was a great idea.

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TopicAnime & Manga Discussion Topic 304: A Tale of Perishing
Maniac64
02/22/25 7:03:32 PM
#266
I really liked Belle

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 454: King Nothing
Maniac64
02/21/25 4:30:58 PM
#119
Turns out as long as Congress doesn't care the President can just usurp their job and powers.

Same with the courts.

And so far they haven't cared to try and push back against Trump and have instead given support for DOGE and Trump doing whatever they want

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 454: King Nothing
Maniac64
02/21/25 1:47:36 PM
#112
The gang just came over to remind them to pay their protection money. That doesn't mean there was a threat of anything happening to them if they didn't.

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TopicAvatar: Seven Havens announced (new animated series)
Maniac64
02/20/25 10:35:19 PM
#62
KamikazePotato posted...
Why in the world would I want to watch an Avatar show where the Avatar is irrelevant
Honestly if you told me the next season didn't even have the Avatar in it at all and was just a season set in that world I'd be excited.

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TopicSaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in Separate Houses: Wallace Edition [SELF]
Maniac64
02/20/25 7:38:11 PM
#484
Leonhart4 posted...
https://www.horizonsofachaea.com/

Today I learned that someone is trying to make a game that is basically just an homage to Skies of Arcadia, and I'm here for it

Also Sega please remaster the game so we can get the best of both worlds
Yes please

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TopicDo you like this character? Day 1588: Tom Sawyer (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
Maniac64
02/20/25 11:35:14 AM
#17
No

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 453: Revolt smarter not harder.
Maniac64
02/19/25 1:13:30 PM
#478
red_sox_777 posted...
What? The US has been working with Ukraine and Europe for the last 3 years. The US has provided far more support for Ukraine than Europe has.
That was Pre-Trump. He is obviously talking about now where the Trump administration is far more concerned with working with Putin than Ukraine and just goes around insulting Europe and dismissing them.

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TopicBoard 8's Top 20 XBOX 360 Games - Voting Topic
Maniac64
02/18/25 6:36:28 PM
#18
VectorAgent posted...
2 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
+1 Dragon Age: Inquisition
I honestly think of both of these as Xbox One but I guess they did release on both.

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TopicBoard 8's Top 20 XBOX 360 Games - Voting Topic
Maniac64
02/18/25 6:32:57 PM
#17
+5 Batman Arkham City
+4 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
+4 Tales of Vesperia
+3 Dynasty Warriors 8
+3 Fallout 3
+3 Viva Pinata
+2 Army of Two
+2 Assassins Creed Black Flag
+2 Fable 3
+2 Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
+1 LEGO Marvel Superheroes
+1 LEGO Lord of the Rings
+1 Batman Arkham Asylum
+1 Dragon Age: Origins
+1 Dragon Age 2
+1 Fable 2
+1 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
+1 Halo 3
+1 Castle Crashers
+1 Gears of War
+1 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

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TopicBoard 8's Top 20 XBOX 360 Games - Voting Topic
Maniac64
02/18/25 4:11:21 PM
#11
Tag. Will definitely get a ranking in for this one

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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/18/25 1:51:10 PM
#380
Thorn posted...
Again, working off super old memory, I think it worked out that the game wanted to give you a chance to run Legion's Loyalty Mission - but if you had one Loyalty Mission outstanding at the time it wouldn't immediately grant you it - so you do the other Loyalty Mission first, then after it completes it hands you Legion's, and then you get the "after the next mission the timer starts" thing - so you can make that mission be Legion's and get everything done and save everyone.
I believe that is correct from the stuff I read when we were looking at guides to make sure we didn't mess things up with rhe timers.

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TopicDillos of Wisdom:the legend of the shared brain cell [rip switch] [dillos]
Maniac64
02/18/25 1:49:11 PM
#275
Happy Birthday!

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TopicWikipedia, are you serious right now?
Maniac64
02/18/25 8:30:00 AM
#19
Bane_Of_Despair posted...
TIL people actually look at the Did You Know section of the Wikipedia home page


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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/18/25 8:25:11 AM
#376
Oh yeah, that is one I definitely need to look up a video of.

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TopicRATE THE GAME - #146 - WWF No Mercy
Maniac64
02/18/25 8:23:17 AM
#17
10

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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/17/25 1:23:02 PM
#370
Leonhart4 posted...
Yeah, it's a good one. The input from your squadmates on the choice is interesting, too.
I had Mordin with me, who was all for using the virus.

Which is the least surprising thing and I'm not sure the author of the genophage is the guy I'm going to look to for this one.

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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/17/25 11:42:57 AM
#367
Leonhart4 posted...
That decision has an impact on a moment in ME3. I don't really want to spoil it for you, but I think choosing to destroy them is considered the "good" option for that choice, if I remember right.

Although you can still get that outcome if you choose to overwrite them, it just requires other choices to be made "correctly" to offset it.
That's good to know.

I really think this was a great example of their being no clear "good option". Really well done by the writers.

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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/17/25 11:41:46 AM
#366
Oh and once we get back Talin and Legion have a fight.

Legion wants to send info on the Quarian Fleet and their potential plans to attack back to the Geth hivemind. Tali obviously does not want any Fleet info being sent to the Geth.

This is a case of both sides acting reasonably tbh. However we need unity on the crew right now and I'm still trying to prove the Reapers wrong by getting peace between geth and the other races. So I convince Legion to hold off on sending any info. He can always get the info to the Geth if the Quarians do decide to go to war.

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TopicFirst time playing Mass Effect
Maniac64
02/17/25 11:32:37 AM
#364
Maniac64 posted...
Getting Legion/Legion Loyalty Mission
Ok let's make some quick progress.

I'm not going to be as detailed because it's been ages, so remind me if there is something specific you want my thoughts on.

We go to the old Collector ship and find it full of enemies but also meet Legion (as he is later named). I knew Legion existed as a party member and was excited to finally meet him. And learn more about the Geth. I thought it was really interesting to learn that the geth we have been fighting are essentially a cult thag split off from the main Geth. Which is a bit terrifying when you think numbers and realize that big enemy that has been all over the place is a tiny fraction of the geth.

But hey, at least the main force doesn't want to serve the Reapers.

We quickly triggered his loyalty mission and did it immediately after the kidnappings.

This loyalty mission was awesome. So much Geth info here. Basically the cult has a virus that will make all Geth think like them and join the Reaper side. (Last year I read Sanderson's Skyward series and there are some really interesting parallels here, though that AI race has some important differences. Still it made me think of those books.) Obviously we need to top this so Legion leads us to a geth base and helps us get through it.

We learn about how the Geth hive mind works and how small changes can happen when geth are separated for extended time like Legion. Legion is especially shocked to learn that the cult is spying on the main force. Geth apparently don't do lying and deception so this is a big departure. That was a really big piece of info imo.

This was an interesting mission overall with some unique mechanics.

Then we get the final decision. Legion figures out how to rewrite the virus to instead change the cult's thoughts to match the main force and turn against the Reapers. Or you can wipe out the cult instead.

Use the virus:
The good: more allies and military power to fight the Reapers
The bad: rewriting the thoughts of a sentient species. Basically forced indoctrination of the cult.

Kill the cult:
The good: not messing with the minds of a sentient species
The bad: killing tons of geth that could have been spared

The thing that makes this more interesting is that Legion has the Geth programs/individuals vote and they basically split the vote with "use the virus" winning by a single vote. Overall the Geth don't see a problem with rewriting software like this which makes the moral argument more nuanced and difficult. Now if you make what might seem like the more moral choice and erase the virus and kill the cult you are actually going against the wishes of the geth (barely) and choosing to kill instead.

This was a good moral dilemma and my wife and I talked it over for a while. In the end our decision came down to something that the game didn't bring up. If you use the virus to "fix" the cult geth they would be brought back into the main hive mind and they would share their memories. That means the main geth learn about the military/political benefits of lying and deceit as well as get a bunch of memories of fighting and killing all the other races (as well as seeing geth be killed by the other races). To me those memories were the real danger and could have pushed the entire Geth race in a dangerous direction at a time where we are pushing for unity between the races.

So we chose to destroy the virus and wipe out the cult geth (or at least most of them).

Great loyalty mission. Honestly one of the best in the game.

Somewhat relevant: at some point we got a message from one of the Quarian admirals who had figured out what Tali's dad did and was mad we didn't share that info. So that research is now back on the table as a strategy for the Quarians. Not good news.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 453: Revolt smarter not harder.
Maniac64
02/17/25 10:37:12 AM
#423
They actually covered Ukraine not accepting the Trump deal, though they sold it as conditional on Ukraine not being part of the negotiations.

But yeah the wild America bias is why I felt it was worth bringing up.

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