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apoca-fist isn't even the best melee weapon in its own game!
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I used to, until they killed third party app support earlier this year

(Adium and pidgin were the shit)
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Nice! With some studying and internet reference help/"cheating" I'm sure you could have done better.

My first pass got me an embarrassing 32
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I would describe myself as an introvert, but I guess I'm a mix.

I never feel like I need more time by myself. But the instant I'm alone I feel like a dehydrated, starving man that's just found an oasis with a free buffet.

The problem is that the more time I spend alone, the more alien I feel and the more I fear interacting with other people. Being alone and binging video games, movies and TV shows is a guilty pleasure I must indulge, or else not feel truly me

It's an interesting balance. Haven't perfected it yet
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Wow I fit in on all of these
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5 is the best star wars movie. Pretty much everything we know as the emotional palette of the series is established here

7 was incredibly sterile. Outside of han's arc I don't think I felt anything during the entire movie other than spectacle. The villains weren't threatening at all and few things made logical sense. This is outside the lore disappointment that the galaxy has been "soft reset" and the original trilogy rendered meaningless. Granted, it hit plenty of neat visual notes and did what it had to do- re establish what the series was about and prove star wars still had what it takes to sell toys

6 had some fun space battles with great choreography. This is even though Ewoks sucked and I found the battle with palpatine cheesy as shit. "Hey, here's exactly how to lose, Luke... deww it!" Every time Luke was about to turn, palp would shout something dumb and bring him to his senses. I also hate many of the changes they keep adding to the movie in subsequent editions to loop in the prequel trilogy

4 was a solid foundation that remained logical and had some soul to it

The prequels are just a hot mess we don't need to get into. Just watch the red letter media thing.

Rogue one was fun, but it felt even more like an avengers/fast and furious movie or d20 campaign than usual. I'm totally fine with Jedi (who have precognition) effortlessly mowing down generic soldiers. My suspension of disbelief goes away when 'random person with gun' does the same.

It's hard to create a one dimensional ranking, and I haven't seen 6 in a while...

5 > 4 > 7 = 6 = rogue1 >>> 3 > 2 = 1
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Vader blew up an entire planet's worth of people in episode 4. I honestly don't know if I agreed he could be redeemed.
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the freakonomics thing- look for names that have recently peaked in popularity. well, relative to the character's birth year. supposedly names "trickle down" from the upper class to the middle class and so on.

or you can just decide what specific class you mean by "low class", then pick names popular with that group
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although he did just sort of wield "smart magic" and people jobbed to him
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scarletspeed7 posted...

God, there are so many edgy opinions in this topic. I feel a compulsion to share my own now!

Darth Vader is not an interesting character. Grand Admiral Thrawn is a far more enticing and interesting villain than any Sith.

I think Vader was fine, but I'll agree that Thrawn was awesome. Part of that was just through the fact that he was introduced in a well written book. Book characters almost always beat out movie characters in terms of character development
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you never know! maybe there are dissenting voices inside the team that you will resonate with.

Here are the multiple choice questions from the second GDS. it's hard to find the correct solutions online, so i've put them in the spoilers below:

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/great-designer-search-2-multiple-choice-questions-2010-10-13

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during this round, i think they only took the top 100 scorers to the following round. I think that ended up being 42 or 44 out of 50, for reference
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These cinematics are just about kojima (the main character) and his idea for a game (the baby)

Time to go back to sleep until 2020 when we actually get a gameplay trailer
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means you're just a normal person checkmate atheists
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o yeaaa??

i heard real sociopaths are smart enou to blend in and use their MASTERFUL INTELLIGENCE to fool everyone
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I would like to see from branch out to something a little different.

They've already made 5 souls type games, all with various dlc expansions/rehashes.

Even if this is going to be similar gameplay wise, I'd like to see them embrace a slightly different theme.

They've already told the bloodborne story/I've already seen the bloodborne themes. Dark souls became less captivating thematically with every installment
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banananor posted...

6 is the weakest of the original trilogy by far and kind of annoying but it's still better than anything in the prequels

the prequels are just so bad in every single way that it's a better experience to read their plot summaries on wikipedia than actually watch the movies

3 felt decent only in comparison to 1 and 2

Whoops I meant to write 6/rotj instead of 7 there
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Here are the essay questions from the second GDS, along with the lead designer's personal answers and advice. This is from 2010, so design is noticeably different today:

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/great-designer-search-2-essay-questions-2010-10-06

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/essay-what-2010-11-08
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yup, i should have added that you have to be able to work in the u.s. to be able to progress to and past the in-person rounds or theoretically win. when i signed up i didn't have to give them any proof, though

and that the deadline for signups is january 14th (technically 15th but i don't know what time it closes)
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7 is the weakest of the original trilogy by far and kind of annoying but it's still better than anything in the prequels

the prequels are just so bad in every single way that it's a better experience to read their plot summaries on wikipedia than actually watch the movies

3 felt decent only in comparison to 1 and 2
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Like if you really wanted to have a 'no libruls allowed' establishment/bakery I'm pretty sure that would be legal. Maybe?

It's one of those things where if you accidentally (or "accidentally") end up hitting a protected class disproportionally it is illegal
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I'm not sure what I think about this issue

They revoked Richard Spencer's gym membership because other patrons didn't like his politics (being a Nazi)

It's tricky because it is technically legal to discriminate- just not against protected classes (age, sex, disability, race, I forget the rest).
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Nanis23 posted...

So was the relationship between Leia and Luke expanded in other media? (books, games etc?)

not sure what you mean, its been a while since i watched to be honest

edit: there's not much to say, they are twins separated at birth. do i even need to spoil this?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Then why even use their hands at all! Control the sabers from afar with the power of the Force!

Tell me you wouldnt watch two floating lightsabers fighting

another reason why the kotor games are so good
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unfortunately, i won't be able to say whether episode 7 is good until i see the resolution of its many different plot threads in episodes 8 or 9

unfortunately, abrams is a master of creating pointless plot holes and mysteries and never following up on them

looper man pls save us
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https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/great-designer-search-3-2017-12-04

i was too young to participate in the first designer search, and not paying attention when the second rolled around.

this time i have both the time and age requirements. unfortunately, I'm not as obsessed with the game as i once was, so will do terribly. Despite all of that, i think it'll be fun to give the written portion a shot.

if any other gathering board 8ers want to try, i'd love to hear about it. we like contests here, right?
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and i know this because i've been getting email acknowledgements/responses
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someone's been using my email address to send net neutrality stuff to north carolina congresspeople. feels really weird

not sure how, or even whether, to report this

wonder if it's been pro or anti.
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I feel like that is neutral good. But when you think too hard about dnd alignments it all falls apart
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guys all i know is that when i get a raise, i simply buy more ping pong balls, enhancing the ping pong ball economy. i don't save my money for a rainy day at all
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Congratulations :)

Ayla
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Wow nice
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first playthrough- warrior. might not be the best, but they'll always be simple and effective enough
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yeah, i'm still unhappy about the tax bill (has anyone that has looked at the details felt otherwise?)

but i'll take what little good i can
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i'm actually pretty happy, and i guess if the left is everyone left of you, i fall into that category

it's pretty amazing how people think that the public knows all the info. almost a year ago you were shouting about how there was no evidence that trump was even under investigation

which somehow proved there was no investigation
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But justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream
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8.8 > 85
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how many SJWs have you people actually met in real life?

did they align with your expectations?
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yeah, i wouldn't recommend worrying about collectibles, they're more of an optional post-endgame activity
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KujikawaRising posted...

DO YOU REMEMBER?

yes
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sure, that's a decent score

but games can get 90s and still be bad, or not for me. you have to look at gameplay clips yourself or take friends' recommendations

back when it came out, star ocean 3 had maybe an 88 average, and that game was terrible
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Suprak the Stud posted...

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 45, was acquitted of murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, as well as assault with a deadly weapon. Jurors convicted the Mexican citizen of being a felon in possession of a firearm, which could bring a three-year sentence.

Prosecutors had argued Garcia Zarate intentionally shot Steinle, 32, with a Sig Sauer .40-caliber handgun as she and her father walked on San Francisco's Pier 14. But Garcia Zarate's defense attorney said the shooting was accidental and the bullet ricocheted off the ground and traveled about 80 feet before hitting Steinle.

Like perhaps I am completely ignorant of the law, but isn't his own defense attorney basically using "it was involuntary manslaughter!" as a defense here?

when the charge is murder, of fucking course
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if we didn't have any people in the country, there would be no deaths!
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very sad
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BTW in that one quote, "servants obey your masters" is more accurately translated as "slaves obey your masters"
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Vlado posted...

TheRock1525 posted...

Vlado posted...

That's from the Old Testament. As you very well know, Christ has given us a New Testament.

Still all the same Bible.

BTW there's some dandies in the New Testament as well:

"The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak." (1st Corinthians 14:34)

"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters he cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:26)

"Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh." (1 Peter 2:18)

God is perfection. I am not perfect. Everyone sins, Trump and me included.

Nothing wrong with those New Testament quotes, either.

Nice. Good luck with that
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Also it seems like there is something in the air in those lonely states that makes people desperate

Or it's the sheer lack of people per square mile
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Why take the dig at her appearance?

That's just subjective and mean spirited
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Never had nightmares from a movie

However,I read it when I was way too young and had to run past the sewers on my way to school, and some form of creeper made me afraid of the dark
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