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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/14/20 5:37:19 PM
#333
2/87 chance to get bottom 5'd on your 2ofs. 2.3%

5040 / 11703240 or 14 / 32509 chance to get bottom 10'd on your 4ofs. 0.04%

Edit: So the hearthstone version is 53.38 more likely to occur.

I think it helps to understands the math involved before getting upset about bad beats in a game that is going to have more variation by design.

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/14/20 5:28:42 PM
#332
4 "4 ofs" in the bottom 10 of a 60 card deck is less likely to occur than 2 "2ofs" in the bottom 5 of a 30 card deck.

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TopicThe Board 8 Pokemon Go Topic: 2020 Edition
Forceful_Dragon
01/10/20 10:32:38 PM
#17
I'm imagining a wizard of oz style curtain that Niantic hides behind while frantically adjusting knobs and levers.

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Topicin this topic I will maybe rank the Stardew Valley characters
Forceful_Dragon
01/10/20 8:38:22 AM
#50
I marry Leah almost exclusively so I've rarely had occasion to notice her unmarried dialogue comes on strong.

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Topicin this topic I will maybe rank the Stardew Valley characters
Forceful_Dragon
01/10/20 2:37:04 AM
#47
Leah is #1. This was a blow to my morale

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/10/20 1:11:56 AM
#317
Decided to preorder because i've been blowing all my gold on packs.

Opened the Gold Classic Pack, got Golden Nat Pagle.

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/09/20 4:46:46 PM
#311
I wonder if poof triggers deathrattle.
Im guessing not.

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/08/20 5:24:06 PM
#298
I would like it noted that my only two decks so far this month have been Priest and Hunter. As such I am not being lame by continuing to use them

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Topicin this topic I will maybe rank the Stardew Valley characters
Forceful_Dragon
01/08/20 5:22:14 PM
#44
I believe you mean 116* star fruits every 9* days. I get my greenhouse online as early as humanly possible and I MinMax the living hell out of it

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TopicPokemon Sword/Shield Discussion Topic - Part 2
Forceful_Dragon
01/07/20 3:08:37 PM
#479
I work until 230 PM PST.



Maybe at 515 AM before i leave for work but im usually a zombie while i wake up and get ready to leave.

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TopicPokemon Sword/Shield Discussion Topic - Part 2
Forceful_Dragon
01/07/20 2:21:24 PM
#477
How does tomorrow around 3PM PST work @Nanis23 ? If that's too late then we can try Saturday. Thanks again

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TopicThe Board 8 Pokemon Go Topic: 2020 Edition
Forceful_Dragon
01/07/20 12:55:40 AM
#14
My wife hatched party hat pichu and beanie pichu. I hatched neither

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/04/20 6:41:49 PM
#286
I think that's becoming more true if you want first. But if you are just aiming for top 4 i think the slow and steady approach will yield more consistent results.

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/03/20 10:31:51 PM
#282
That's a helluva high roll.

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TopicPokemon Sword/Shield Discussion Topic - Part 2
Forceful_Dragon
01/03/20 6:08:14 PM
#463
If you have a legit spare then I would love it. If not it's fine, i shouldn't have put off getting one

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TopicPokemon Sword/Shield Discussion Topic - Part 2
Forceful_Dragon
01/03/20 5:50:47 PM
#460
My wife and I are going to the movies straight from work. RIP shiny karp.

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TopicPokemon Sword/Shield Discussion Topic - Part 2
Forceful_Dragon
01/03/20 5:15:39 PM
#446
I have until 4 pm PST right? About to get off work

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TopicPokemon Sword/Shield Discussion Topic - Part 2
Forceful_Dragon
01/03/20 2:38:21 PM
#424
Oh scrap I didn't do mine yet. I get off work in 3 hours

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
01/02/20 1:43:09 AM
#498
red sox 777 posted...
Is AOC old enough to run in 2024?

Born: October 13, 1989 (age 30 years)


She will have been 35 years old for less than a month when the election takes place. So technically yes?

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
01/01/20 10:04:10 PM
#280
It's significantly less likely now that you can't supplement it with amalgams so you don't have an easy way to incorporate taunt/divine shield until you can pull a rank 6 megasaur. But that doesn't stop people for going for the dream.

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TopicHoly Crap what is that!?!?
Forceful_Dragon
01/01/20 3:51:37 PM
#40
Forceful_Dragon posted...
The power to feed of souls. Variation of Soul Absorption and Metabolization.

That's dark!

I tried again and got soul channeling. At least I have a specialization

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Topicin this topic I will maybe rank the Stardew Valley characters
Forceful_Dragon
01/01/20 3:09:37 PM
#13
I would probably put Clint higher out of empathy for him, but I can understand that he isn't really making an effort to change his situation for the better. There is that one event where he gives you a stone to give to Emily. He was trying with that one at least even if it didn't work out.

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TopicHoly Crap what is that!?!?
Forceful_Dragon
01/01/20 3:12:50 AM
#13
But knowing is half the battle!

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TopicHoly Crap what is that!?!?
Forceful_Dragon
01/01/20 2:24:19 AM
#7
The power to feed of souls. Variation of Soul Absorption and Metabolization.

That's dark!

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Topicin this topic I will maybe rank the Stardew Valley characters
Forceful_Dragon
01/01/20 2:10:11 AM
#8
I own it on PC and PS4 and Switch, take your pick.

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Topicin this topic I will maybe rank the Stardew Valley characters
Forceful_Dragon
12/31/19 11:48:59 PM
#5
I am incredibly interested.

Incidentally I would like to play Stardew multiplayer with people.

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TopicFair Voting
Forceful_Dragon
12/31/19 6:59:54 PM
#18
That is why my system accounts for that by making each vote a decimal that is relative to the number of games in the vote. I don't see any other way that won't inherently favor either a larger/smaller dev team or creators with more or less games.

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
12/31/19 2:53:06 PM
#271
I will often not play my quest on 1 and sometimes I'll get my opponents to start hitting me. And then after 2 damage to my face they feel committed and hit more so I can easily heal for 15.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/31/19 10:10:37 AM
#367
To a billionaire that is the equivalent of wielding a shovel and working the trenches shoulder to shoulder with the common man.

Shockingly billionaires are often out of touch.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/31/19 2:08:29 AM
#364
I think there is confusion between "person I most admire" and "person admired by the most number of people".

The former might be someone like my father who I admire greatly. But my father is not going to be admired by very many people. Not that many people know my father. So if they are listing the people who are most admired and not the people who are most admirable then you are going to end up with results leaning towards people who (A) are known by everyone and (B) have a lot of fans, whether they deserve them or not.

There is no sense getting lost in the weeds quibbling about this.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 6:59:45 PM
#298
Hate feels like a strong word.

He's one of the bottom candidates still running, but I will vote for him with a clear conscience if his name is on the ballot.

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TopicFair Voting
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 6:49:51 PM
#14
I would also like to hear @hockeydude15 's thoughts on this.

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TopicFair Voting
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 6:45:46 PM
#13
@Moonroof

Here's what I have in mind. (Keep in mind I'm an Excel Noob so the formulas being used are pretty janky looking, but imo they would work)

Here is the sheet that is blank and ready for input:



And then you fill in the first two columns and the "Total Votes" and "Total Points" and "Average Points" will automatically calculate.

Here are two examples of me filling in some scores. On example with nothing but 1st place finishes, and another example with middle of the road finishes:





You would just start with a blank sheet, fill in the first two columns and see what the Average Points worked out to. And Idk how many votes you are anticipating but currently it is set up to take up to 100 votes. This could be changed if necessary. And I'm sure there is a way to set it up with better formulas so it could take an undetermined amount of votes, but I don't know how to do that.

Edit: This still allows the POTENTIAL for large teams to vote in strategic ways, but the most they would be able to do is drive down the average points of a rival, or drive the average points across the board closer to 0.500 and thus reduce the amount of good votes they need to excel by comparison. But I think it's a lot less prone to abuse then allow everyone to give themselves a first place finish and it weights the value of each vote based upon the number of things they had to vote on.

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TopicFair Voting
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 6:00:51 PM
#12
I can think of something that wouldn't be too hard if you could work it into a spreadsheet.

1) Everyone ranks every game that they did not participate on. (example: someone worked on 2 games and there were 15 total games, so they rank the other 13 games from 1 to 13).

2) Each vote gets counted as a decimal. (So to take the previous example the game ranked the best would be worth 13/13 or 1.000 pts, and the game ranked fourth would be worth 10/13 or .769 points)

3) Average all the votes for each game to determine it's weighted value.

So if a game got nothing but 1st place finishes it would the maximum possible score of 1.000, but more likely the scores will all end up being decimals.

I'm not sure if that makes sense, but I could probably throw something together in Excel.

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TopicThe Mandalorian premiered tonight. Let's talk about it or whatever.
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 5:18:25 PM
#104
Yeah I thought it had a metal base like a vibro blade as well.

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TopicThe Mandalorian premiered tonight. Let's talk about it or whatever.
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 4:20:58 PM
#102
Personally I didn't mind the fact that the helmet came off but I think it would have been better filmmaking if they shot that scene from an angle so tthe droid saw The Mandalorian's face but the audience could not. Then it still feels like an important moment without losing something that they had spent a season building.

But screw the way they revealed his name. That part was abrupt and fairly anticlimactic. And those two events happening one after another didn't help.

It was still a fantastic episode and season and I am absurdly excited for more, but I do see the potential for them to have handled those elements better.

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TopicFair Voting
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 4:12:55 PM
#9
Moonroof posted...
Complete objectivity was thrown out when people biasedly voted for theirs as number one in past tournaments. Also, no teams can vote as an individual. I do not know where you got that from.
He's saying one vote per team would have been better. Otherwise larger teams have an inherent advantage of having more voting power. Even with the "rate yourself last" restricting you are still giving larger teams more power because tray can strategically give low scores to their perceived rivals and have a unduly large influence on the scoring.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 4:05:05 PM
#287
What is even the point of hypothesizing a Trump/Sanders ticket. He already has a VP.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 4:02:48 PM
#285
I would be pissed at a Biden/Romney ticket.

And yet I would vote for Biden/Romney over Trump/Pence come election day.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 3:21:10 PM
#278
Additionally I believe Yang will be top 2 or 3 in fundraising once the 4th quarter fundraising totals drop so it's going to be extra frustrating when he doesn't make the stage despite having such measurable support.

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TopicPolitics Containment Topic 255: A Holiday Present From Tulsi
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 3:12:36 PM
#277
I'm curious how they (the DNC) expect someone to perform well enough in the December debate to qualify for January if there are no polls being conducted between the two events.

I felt pretty good about Yang's December performance (despite once again being shorted on time) and I think in terms of actual opinions he easily has the 5 percent support at this point that he would need.

It's quite frustrating -_-

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 12:38:47 PM
#269
RIP young savage

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TopicNFL Week 17 Discussion Topic
Forceful_Dragon
12/30/19 12:05:16 AM
#71
Ah, that's dumb then.

Taking the rules independently it sounds like the situation of the ball being beyond the LOS and the QBs leg behind the LOS would result in the play simultaneously not being a "permissible pass" per the first rule and not being an "illegal pass" per the second.

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TopicNFL Week 17 Discussion Topic
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 11:43:03 PM
#67
ARTICLE 2. LEGAL FORWARD PASS
The offensive team may make one forward pass from behind the line during each down. If the ball, whether in player possession or loose, crosses the line of scrimmage, a forward pass is not permissible, regardless of whether the ball returns behind the line of scrimmage before the pass is thrown.

(https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/forward-pass/)
That's what I was basing my thoughts on. I could certainly be wrong.

In any case I had written the game off after the Seahawks got that first down at the end. I just assumed they would run it in from the half yard line and then the delay of game happened.

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TopicNFL Week 17 Discussion Topic
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 11:35:35 PM
#64
The ball had crossed the line. Isn't that enough?

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TopicHearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 11:34:10 PM
#267
Nice! I'm still close but had a couple rounds with some very unfavorable early losses.

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TopicNFL Week 17 Discussion Topic
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 11:33:05 PM
#61
theawesomestevr posted...
Horrible officiating. No way that wasn't Dpi on 3rd down. Great job by the league not initiating a review.

I'll take it.

I'm pretty sure they should have taken back the Seahawks first touchdown in the 3rd anyways. Wilson looked like he was past the line of scrimmage when the ball left his hands

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TopicThe "the Pokemon Go topic purged" purged.
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 12:54:47 PM
#496
TopicThe Board 8 Pokemon Go Topic: 2020 Edition
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 12:54:08 PM
#1
Alternate topic title:

The 'The "the Pokemon Go topic purged" purged.' topic is full.

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Now with a list of Friend Codes!

3DSRage - 9076 5046 0884 (Rywii)
Cody - 6051 4443 9116
Commodore - 4157 2536 5567
Crazyisgood - 2562 6622 0980
Dragon66116 - 0474 6475 3329
FD - 5269 6654 3717
FD Wife - 2246 4959 8994 (Allieson45)
Harmonica - 4787 5120 1080 (SuperNerdTR)
Inviso - 2401 0391 4891
JackMan - 2969 6368 8991
JonThePenguin - 1260 2820 3408
Mrs. ThePenguin - 5546 2622 9013
Son ThePenguin - 9492 9555 3564
Daughter ThePenguin - 7518 5863 1286
Mac Arrowny - 8881 0764 8784 (TheMacMillitant)
MoogleKupo - 5330 5545 0202
Pokalicious - 8086 4997 6288
SantaRPidgey - 7774 1074 7447
Sorozone - 1611 6744 4335
WedgeAntilles - 7548 0262 6620
XIII_Rocks - 4004 5964 6628

If you need to be added to this list please post your FC. This list only includes codes that were posted in the most recent topic which spanned about half a year. If you need to correct something on this list or add your in game name please bold your request so I don't miss it.

I haven't played much in December but I feel like I'll hit it harder once it starts to warm up.

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TopicThe "the Pokemon Go topic purged" purged.
Forceful_Dragon
12/29/19 12:28:03 PM
#495
I'm getting new topic ready. Currently going through this one and compiling friend codes. Pls don't 500 this one in the mean time.

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