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adjl posted...

t's basically the same thing. California operated for years on the assumption that there'd be enough water, so when climate change reared its ugly head and took away their rainfall, they ended up with a crisis situation. Texas operated for years on the assumption that the levees would keep them above water, so when climate change reared its ugly head and gave them a particularly nasty rain storm, they ended up in a crisis situation.

The moral of the story: the world's changing, and everyone needs to change with it.

Don't forget when Gov. Perry massively slashed money for fighting fires, and then massive wildfires broke out that year.

For Trump in particular, he's just hellbent on repealing everything Obama touched, no matter what it is or how little sense it makes. Any other President would be tarred and feathered for doing what Trump just pulled, but being non-stop awful is basically his MO.
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Jen0125 posted...

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

I am though

you're not, ok?

Don't take it personally, I'm better than most people on Earth.
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Jen0125 posted...

cyborg don't act like you're better than anybody, ok?

I am though, in at least I don't derail a topic by posting off-topic personal attack garbage, especially when this is the Internet and it's 100% certain everyone is just trolling each other anyways.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Are you saying you don't remember people you talk to on a regular basis?

Not when the vast majority of it is a bunch of lies, no. This is just silly, people here are literally debating if someone would intentionally say they were 400 lbs. or not. Go make a separate topic about it if that's what you desire.
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Rooster_Sucker posted...

Trump will definitely go down as one of the worst presidents this country has ever seen.

He already is #1, full stop.
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Kimbos_Egg posted...

eating4fun posted...

That scene with littlefinger was probably the best of the entire season.

pfft. All the pointless filler led up to that? What a waste.

Most of this episode felt like filler unfortunately, but my favorite part was cersei's face when she saw the wight.

Having the character that basically single-handedly orchestrated the entire chain of events of the whole show finally be boxed into a corner and meet his end in a blindside is "filler"? Sheesh, you guys are silly.

I actually mused back around episode 1 that the path of the remaining characters seemed obvious to me, save for what Littlefinger would do, since he didn't seem to have a clear purpose like the rest. Guess I was right.

The total lack of major deaths seemed very un-GoT this season.

I mean, it's been completely obvious that everyone that was left by the start of this season was important enough to make it to the very end of the saga for the final battle. Like I said, Littlefinger was the only real outlier, and that question just got answered.
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Zeus posted...

Entity13 posted...

I'm finally getting around to watching "Elementary." I'm liking it more than BBC's "Sherlock," because the former from CBS actually seems like it uses its brain instead of its ego and tries to produce means for you to follow the clues and figure out some of it yourself. You know, like a mystery is supposed to do.

Also my biggest complaint with Sherlock. However, Elementary has no Benedict Cumberbatch so....

Odd, I'm only JUST NOW watching Sherlock for the first time, and while I like it so far, it indeed doesn't really allow you to participate in the mystery. It seems to be more focused on the acting and character drama, which is honestly a bit ho-hum. Really, the best mystery show, as in one that makes you speculate yourself and look for clues that I've seen the last few years has been Westworld.
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

Old ass image from a concept art book coming through.

Yeah, that was before MS disbanded Ensemble tho
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Rooster_Sucker posted...

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Man, I've been jonesing for a solid new pirate game since the last Sid Meier's Pirates!...in like, 2004.

Jesus, someone please give me a good pirate game.

AC Black Flag is a pretty solid pirate game.

Pretty much why I'm eager to play Skull and Bones.

Oh, for some reason I mixed S&B up with this game. Haven't played AC: BF, but I like a lot of what I've seen.
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streamofthesky posted...

So it's going to be a more recent age of time, following the trend, then? I'd rather they revisit older times, with an updated game engine.

That's the guess, but we know jack-shit about the game save for it's existence and Relic is making.

Also, they are updating Age I, II, and III in the exact way you described, 4K graphics and improved engines, AI, etc. Called the "definitive" edition. The one for Age 1 is due in October, on the 20 year anniversary. Actual gameplay improvements are sparse though, save for attack-move being added (no idea if they are balancing anything else).

Loved AoE II especially, I kept my graphics card from updating beyond 2008 updates for over five years just so I could play it w/o the graphics getting messed up.
III just wasn't as fun, couldn't turtle at all anymore. I LIKED having endless hordes of foes die on my walls and end battles w/ a 20 to 1 kill ratio. :(

I mean, trebuchets still out-range everything save for Longbowmen, but the ability to build a billions towers and castles made turtling a wee-bit silly in Age II.
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I actually used to be Lt. Col in Age III ranked, which put me in like the top 5% of players. Ah, the day man...


Metalsonic66 posted...

I don't really play that type of game, but I've noticed quite a bit of buzz about the announcement. I suppose people are pretty excited; has it been a while since the last one?

The Age series is one of the big grand-daddies of RTS, and introduced a slower, more long-term planning element to the genre, in contrast to micro-input RTS play. It's also known for it's focus on historical context and pre-dated Star Craft by a year. So it's pretty cool to see a storied franchise get a second shot at life.
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If you're gonna be that liberal with what constitutes a war movie, than no, it isn't. As already mentioned, Star Wars blows it out of the water.
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Man, I've been jonesing for a solid new pirate game since the last Sid Meier's Pirates!...in like, 2004.

Jesus, someone please give me a good pirate game.
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I have no experience with Relic, I know they did the Warhammer games. Saw some people in comments bitching they screwed up some game, so dunno. Age of Empires is a game that I grew up with, and I've always considered "my" series, more so than Zelda or anything else. I've met some of my best friends bonding over the game, for shit's sake. I owe the series for my love and knowledge of history, so Age 4 being a thing excites me greatly. It saddens me that Ensemble isn't around to handle it, though.

I feel you on the RTS tho. Ironclad updated the hell out of Sins of a Solar Empire, but have been quiet about it lately.
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Also Age II and III definite editions planned, along for Age I.

Good-bye world, I'll be going back to my first love.

Now they just need a Viewtiful Joe 3, and all will b well in the world.

@agesboy
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Age of Empires IV was announced. Nothing else matters.

Actually, I'm a bit nervous about it, seeing as Ensemble Obviously isn't doing it).
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Imagine not account suiciding to close and account.
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

It really depends on how the impeachment goes. Pence might be worse, albeit in the opposite direction. At the very least, Trump has destroyed establishment politics, and thank god for that. The post-Trump America will never go back to pre-Trump America.

I'm not sure how you reached that conclusion, when basically everyone is basically begging for the WH to return to "normal."
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Zeus posted...

What if they called themselves Apache and appropriated their look, etc? Would you call them Apache? What if they dressed like jedi knights and called themselves that. Would you call them jedi? Not that it really matters because they wouldn't be either, but it'd be lulz if you did.

Are you really going to be so pedantic that I have to clarify that I obviously mean *Neo-Nazi?
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Jiggy101011 posted...

On topic: Am I the only one that thinks Jon won't even want to take the throne even if he finds out he has a better claim to it? He didn't want to be King of the North and really only cares about defeating the army of the dead. There is only Cersei and Dany left that actually care about it.

He definitely gives a shit about it the least, and as we've seen, it's not uncommon for others to relinquish a throne/title, even if they have more claim to it (Theon to Yara, Sansa/Bran to Jon).

I *could* see him wanting in a the-best-offense-is-a-good-defense sort of way, in that ruling the 7 kingdoms would go a long way to protecting the North (and pretty much no one has beef with the Starks/Jon). But he seems to be more in favor of abolishing, or at least ignoring central rule at this point.

And I forgot about the visions of KL covered in ice, you're right. This series has been pretty consistent with turning visions into reality, so...

I could see the WW breaking thru the wall, and everyone more or less banding together to stop them. In the process Cersei will probably die, and the winter destroying KL could come to pass.
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wwinterj25 posted...

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Events that advance the plot objective are NOT filler.

Not sure why you're acting like my opinion can be changed. You disagree? More power to you.

That's not an opinion though, in the same way that saying the sky naturally occurs as red isn't an opinion. It's false to say the episode was filler. I nor anyone cares if it personally interested you or not, but to call it filler is wrong. Words have meaning, you know.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Zeus posted...

Filler is kind of a strong word.

... and that's exactly what it was.

Events that advance the plot objective are NOT filler. There really wasn't anything filler about last episode. Tyrion and Jamie meeting advanced the plot, Sam leaving advanced the plot, hell, even seeing Jon pet the dragon is a plot tip-off.

Filler is what Naruto and One Piece do to buy time between anime and manga gaps.
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Please stop feeding the troll/alt account.

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BADoglick posted...

It's ironic seeing a bunch of Antifa members touting anti bigotry, meanwhile waving flags with the hammer and sickle on them

I won't claim to be very knowledgeable about antifa, but the hammer and sickle is not their official logo, and as I said, they really aren't unified as a collective to have one anyways. Some randos choosing to wave one from time to time is a pretty big far cry to what the alt-Right is doing.

This false equivalency shit has got to stop.
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First off, there really isn't such a thing as the "far-left", besides I guess hardcore communist and anarchists, but they have such little political real estate that it isn't even worth mentioning. Compared to the alt/far-Right, which basically dominates that side of the spectrum at this point.

Judgmenl posted...

Groups like antifa seem to exist just create a state where everyone is of the same social group, a society that is of perfect group-think and anyone who deviates form this group-think is "wrong".

Um, no? antifa isn't even a "group", since it has no unifying leadership or core tenants, besides being anti-fascists. Which brings me to my second point: dude, they are literally called anti-fascists. Their only goal is to repel fascism. How the flying fuck did you equate that to wanting everyone to be the same?

So to answer the topic: No, they do not have the same goals, and this entire topic is based on a false-premise.
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Tattoos being an auto-loss seems kinda dumb, but hey, to each their own. I'm with you on the overtly religious, but that has less to do with me not liking it, and more that they likely will not take kindly to be being atheist (hell, a girl I was recently hitting it off with told me she doesn't date non-Christians....ah, girls from Alabama). My only other big stipulation is smoking.
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Currant_Kaiser posted...

adjl posted...

Zeus posted...

Again, not actual Nazis.

Given how adamant(ly wrong) you are about this, am I correct in presuming that you take a similarly hardline stance whenever the term "feminazi" is used, and never use the term yourself under any circumstances?

Nobody who hears or says "feminazi" thinks that it means the feminists in question are literal nazis, so of course he wouldn't take a similarly hardline stance when that term is used.

Not that I agree with Zeus, mind you, I just think your rebuttal is dumb.

OK, here's a better rebuttal: They are LITERALLY SELF-PROCLAIMED Nazis. This isn't hyperbole or Godwin's Law. They CALL themselves Nazis. They waved the flag, wore the armbands, and chanted "Blood and Soil", among other things.

They were Nazis* (*and technically, white supremacists were mixed in too, a la the KKK, but I don't care enough to make the distinction between the 2).
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adjl posted...

Really, I don't know how he did nazi that coming.

As always, a reason why adjl is one of the best posters here.

And it still blows my mind that an American was killed by a Nazi in the literally year 2017.
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I don't think the idiot viewers realize that she's losing the war. I don't think SHE even knows she's losing the war.

Um, the entire point of episode 4 was to show the very opposite of that-Cersei literally has no answer to Dany's army. What are you smoking.

Well, to be fair, that's not necessarily a she took the bait; it could just indicate he's onto her

Bruh, it's Littlefinger. It's bait. Plus, if you watch the preview for the next episode, it shows a clip of Arya confronting Sansa. It's pretty clear where this will lead to.
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Zeus posted...

Yeah, I also got the distinct impression that Petyr knew he was being spied on and arranged that little show

Um, duh? Did you miss the part where he was watching her break and enter into his room? He is absolutely setting her up
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gravy posted...

I wanna see what littlefinger is plotting. I hope arya gets him got.

Spoilers maybe, but if you pause and read the note, we already know:
It's the note Sansa wrote in S1, under duress and because she was a naive child, asking Rob to bend the nee to Joffrey and that Ned (their dad) had betrayed them. Arya doesn't know of it's existence and is already wary of Sansa a bit, so this is Littlefinger clearly trying to drive a wedge between the sisters in order to gain more control over Sansa. An interesting plot point that might work because Arya is a dumb 14 year old, but also should be a lot more worldwise herself to fall for such an easy ploy. But there's precious little time left in the whole series for this plot thread to go anywhere, so it'll probably be resolved quickly.

Also, it's clear at this point that a mistake was made in cutting down 7 combined episodes from the last 2 seasons. These reunions and final pieces are moving too quickly for how big they are.
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I've actually finished up 4-5 Wii U games, and 2 DS (not even 3DS) games that have been lingering this year. I'm making a concentrated effort to try and clear my backlog before I indulge in new games...or I said to myself, before I went and bought Arms and Splatoon 2.

On Boyonetta 2 now, just did Citizens of Earth.
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When it's time to panic, where there be a sound, or was this it?

But really, it's hard to make sense out of all of this. Trump is an idiot for stoking the fire, but we were told that a mini-nuke was far off for NK. So either the intel was bad, or NK is lying, or maybe...we are the ones lying.
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Mead posted...

Probably the coolest episode this season so far. I legit got tingles when she flew into battle on her dragon

I imagine that Jamie isn't going to die here but I'm not sure how they can explain him not drowning considering he sank pretty deep into that water, is wearing full armor, and has a gold hand attached to his wrist. There's no way he could swim or be carried back up by one person.

Bronn is 100% going to just drag him out of the water. Bronn doesn't believe in wearing armor, so he can swim freely.

Also are people really complaining about the Arya and Brienne scene?

It was badass, but it was obviously impractical. Arya is 5'0 and 90lbs on a good day, and is wielding basically Baby's First Rapier. Brienne is like 6'0 and has a giant broadsword. To their credit, I did recall a few shots of Arya basically glancing her sword off of Brienne's simply to close the gap (I'll have to re-watch), but there were a few where she straight-up block Brienne full-on, which is quite impossible. I'm cool with Arya defeating Brienne, but the way it was done wasn't full convincing. I'm not going to have a melt down over it, though.
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It was pretty good, albeit impractical.
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GoT is heating up, pun intended.

Can we talk about how much Bronn rules?
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That'd be a fun twist, but kinda would feel like an ass-pull since that hasn't been mentioned at all when talking about the Scorpion.
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FrozenBananas posted...

TheNeckbeard posted...

I guess Tarly does say all the gold made it through the gates.

Well that's a shame.

What the fuck then? This battle was pointless. Atleast it looked nice but there was no reason for wasting all the budget on a pointless scene

Yeah, they say the gold made it to King's Landing. That said, it wasn't for nothing. A bulk of the Lannister army just got fucked up, and what is remaining will surrender (based off the clip of next episode). Plus, I think a bulk of the food supplies were destroyed, too. Plus, now Cersei will know exactly what she is dealing with. Likewise, Dany now knows that her dragons can definitely be hurt.
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People pay attention to the stories of Pokemon games?
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Duck-I-Says posted...

He has to be using her in some way.

I mean, an alliance with the North obviously has its advantages, but people aren't watching the show closely enough if they don't see how obvious it is Sansa/Cat is his weakness. There are numerous scenes in the show to deliberately show that it's not a game (or not all of it) when it comes to Sansa.
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Zeus posted...

Given his knack for treachery and how little he actually brings to the table -- since Robyn has other generals, etc -- I don't expect Bhaelish to make it to the end. Plus he's big on playing one force against another for power, which wouldn't necessarily work in an outright alliance with an uncertain force.

There's no more schemes he can make, though-the final battles are here, after all. That, and he's already shown his hand with his affections for Sansa
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I'm not putting spoiler tags, because this topic is literally about discussing the episodes.

This was a good episode, the political and military maneuverings were fun to watch. And after this episode, I think it makes it obvious what will happen next *long explanation with maybe spoilers starts NOW*

Tyrion is a smart character who has shown a knack for military strategy, but he forgets his brother's entire life has been war. He was right that Jamie would know that his hatred for his family would make him go for Casterly, but miscalculated that Jamie would use this against him. Now, half of Dany's army is on the other side of the continent, weakened from the losses of taking the city, and besieged by Euron's fleet. And now Dorn's forces didn't get the message, and what little help the Tyrell army would have been is gone, but the loss of the Tyrell's resources is even greater. So Dany basically only has the Dothraki and what little Unsullied stayed behind, and her dragons. In just 2 episodes, her potential huge force is now down to nothing.

She will blame Tyrion, of course, but Tyrion being more intelligent will point out that Dany now has to give into Jon Snow. I always had a feeling the final conflict would be over the Iron Throne, and not the White Walkers, and this confirms it: Dany is going to have to agree to treat Jon like an ally, and ride North to stop the White Walkers. In turn, Jon will promise her to help take the Iron Throne.

It makes too much sense. Soon, Jorah will return to Dany, where it will be revealed that Jon's right-hand man cured him. Then, Bran will reveal the Dany and Jon connection to them, which will strengthen their resolve. Sansa and Arya will be on board to kill Cersei, since that's all they both want basically. And Baelish, seeing as how he wants Sansa (or rather, to fuck some form of Catelyn Stark), will be manipulated into joining forces with them (Sansa has been hinting she might use her lust against him).

And, with Dany riding North, Cersei will believe (correctly) that they are joining forces with the North.

The stage is set.
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Since it's Rasmussons, that means real-world support is at like 20%.
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I haven't been to one in years, because most have closed near me, so it's out of the way for me to go. Their clubs are still one of my favorite subs.
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Lightning Bolt posted...

Putin is the world's greatest troll.

Basically this. There's concrete proof Putin back US election meddling, and he the audacity to act like he has no idea why this is happening.

But there's no a lot Russia can do to hit back against us, so this is basically posturing to score points at home.
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Saw Spider-Man. I liked it enough. I was annoyed that we had to do his origin story *again*, but they probably handled it in the best way, but kinda assuming everyone already knows about his aunt, how he got his powers, etc., and instead focused on Peter basically finding his footing. That said, I felt like this dragged on a *bit* too much, as it became hard to root for him once it appeared he sucked at basically doing anything. That, and it was lame to see him do a lot of cool webbing shots, but landed zero punches or sweet acrobatic hits on basically anyone. I'm thinking back to the brutal and intense fights from Raimi's Spider-Man, so that was a bit of a let down.

I liked that they finally found a villain plot motivation that wasn't some variation of "take over/destroy the world", so that was good. I hope from here on out Spider-Man is more established in his abilities and stuff.
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Theon has always been one of my favorite characters on the show. He explains it himself after he took Winterfell: He has no home, and no one loves him. The Starks were kind, but he was still their prisoner. His own family rejected him. And none of it was his fault. He paid the price for the sins of his father and uncles. And then he had the misfortune of running into Ramsay.

I don't think he's beyond redemption-he did, after all, finally escape with Sansa and was able to run from Ramsay. But on the ship there, he had no option. Euron is clearly the stronger fighter, he had Yara at axe-point, and their fleet was in shambles. Better to live to fight another day.
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I am the only one in my family that likes blue cheese dressing on their wings.

You have a family of heathens.
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AllstarSniper32 posted...

You basically have 2 accounts, one is non-season and one is season. When the season is over, your season characters get moved to non-season. When a season starts, you can make a new character, or you can migrate one over to season where it starts fresh with not

Well shit, I didn't know they could be migrated. Guess I should have ready the fine print. And season realms have better/different gear, yeah?

I'm guessing a character that was never a season cannot be migrated, right?
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Gonna admit, this hit me. LP has always been one of my favorite bands for their unique musical style. No idea he was suffering from depression, drugs and alcohol. Seems to be a plague on musicians that won't soon go away.

What sucks and is really unfair are his 6 kids, and the rest of the band. You can't easily replace a voice like that.
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Aren;t seasons where you have to remake a new character each time?
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