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| Topic | Who was the most wasted character in the "Star Wars" prequels? |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/23/17 4:25:04 PM #18 | A better question would be if any character is actually well-realized in the Prequel trilogy. |
| Topic | Saudi Arabia Lifts Decades-Long Ban on Public Cinemas. Infuriates conservatives. |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/16/17 6:55:19 PM #41 | DarkChozoGhost posted... Good. I'm still skeptical, but maybe Saudi Arabia will finally stop being the third worst country in the world. That's pretty optimistic, considering they seem to be shifting from a royal oligarchy straight to absolute monarchy with a side of increased surveillance and even less tolerance of dissent. |
| Topic | Rep on Capital Hill states rumor mill that Mueller to be fired next Friday. |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/16/17 6:51:56 PM #53 | TheRealDill2000 posted... g7g7g7g7 posted...BillyKidd posted...You kids are funny. Trump isn't leaving office until Jan. 20th, 2025. He did, but his approval didn't really start tanking until AFTER his re-election campaign(and Kerry ran an uninspired campaign.) Even then, his victory was narrow, and his explosive unpopularity led to Obama winning in the closest thing to a landslide we've seen since 1988. In any case, it seems as though Mueller is nearing pay-dirt. At least, it seems Trump and Co. are getting desperate to make this go away. And, you know what? I think he will can Rosenstein and get Mueller shut-down, and I think the Republicans in Congress will go along with it, because they're desperate too and obviously don't care about popular opinion. And I think a bunch of news outlets are going to get their hands on a lot of really damaging documents right after that. |
| Topic | Why are Americans incapable of admitting they lost the Vietnam War? |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/15/17 6:32:22 PM #46 | Let's see... North Vietnamese/Viet Cong goal: Unify Vietnam under North Vietnam U.S./South Vietnamese goal: Status Quo It's that simple. We may not have lost a battle, but we failed to achieve our objective and the North Vietnamese achieved their's. They won. |
| Topic | Russia has a NAVY? |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/14/17 8:18:07 PM #12 | Force-projection in the Pacific, Baltic and Black Seas as well as the Arctic Ocean, primarily. I know they have a naval base at Latakia in Syria as well, for what that matters. |
| Topic | so will doug be a senator for 6 years? |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/12/17 10:44:58 PM #5 | Yeah, just the rest of Session's term. If the state Republicans can nominate not-Roy Moore, they'll probably get it back, but, in the meantime, this will make things much harder for them in the Senate. |
| Topic | Yo this board ain't politics |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/12/17 10:34:01 PM #4 | PSXer_5D_MkIII posted... Politics arent current events? |
| Topic | LOL Trump looks like such a fool now that Moore lost |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/12/17 10:32:42 PM #4 | Eh, in retrospect, endorsing Strange was the smart move. He'd have won this election walking away. However, Roy Moore happened, and Doug Jones proved to be a good candidate. The confluence of these factors was enough to get a Democrat elected to the Senate by Alabama. |
| Topic | Doug Jones leads by 12% over Roy Moore! |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/12/17 8:55:08 PM #66 | It's still too early to say either way. Blacks turning out at high rates is a good indicator for Jones though. Means he has a chance. |
| Topic | Did you donate money to the Doug Jones campaign to beat Roy Moore? |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/12/17 8:53:54 PM #17 | I donated $50, though I figured many Alabam(i?)ans wouldn't take kindly to a yankee like myself telling them how to vote, so that was all. |
| Topic | It's official. Wentz is out for the season. Torn ACL |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/11/17 11:56:21 PM #34 | Cornmuffins posted... That was messed up Savage was coughing up blood For real? And they let him keep playing? Can we burn the Texans to the ground and have the Oilers back?(they'd keep Watson, of course). |
| Topic | If you can beat Sonic 1 without save states, youre a god tbh |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/11/17 11:54:55 PM #6 | Skye Reynolds posted... As far as side scrollers go, it's far from the hardest. Games were shorter back then and had to compensate by forcing you to try over and over again. I'd definitely say that Sonic 2 is harder than the first game. Much better in every way, really. |
| Topic | It's official. Wentz is out for the season. Torn ACL |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/11/17 10:15:06 PM #29 | Burnt_Puke82 posted... Nick Foles to the Rescue!!!!! Well, Jared Goff and Case Keenum look legit. Maybe Foles will be good now that he's free of Jeff Fisher's clutches? |
| Topic | It's official. Wentz is out for the season. Torn ACL |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/11/17 2:40:23 PM #9 | That's brutal, but maybe Nick Foles can do alright. In any case, that makes the Vikings the definitive favorite in the NFC, though you honestly can't count any of those teams out. All the AFC has to offer are the Patriots, Steelers, and maybe the Jaguars. The AFC West winner and all the wild card contenders seem bound for quick exits. |
| Topic | Despite national attention, only 20-25% of AL voters expected to show up |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/11/17 1:51:40 PM #41 | Bullet_Wing posted... Considering that 10 point lead is Fox, I have a feeling they're fudging the numbers to get people scared and bolster their base into going out and voting. Don't think that stacks up with the other much closer polls. They're not though: people are generally more motivated to show up to vote if they think their candidate will win, and conversely more likely not to bother if they think their candidate is going to lose. And, in any case, Fox commissioned the poll, they didn't conduct it. Apparently they commission a pair of partisan pollsters(a Dem and a Rep pollster). In any case, have a third poll from today: https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll_AL_121117/ Top-line is 46/46 tie. They adjust based on alternate turn-out models, but those produce results that may as well be the same. |
| Topic | Despite national attention, only 20-25% of AL voters expected to show up |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/11/17 11:14:28 AM #36 | There are actually two polls that dropped today on the race. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/11/poll-alabama-senate-race-roy-moore-doug-jones-217287 https://gallery.mailchimp.com/5d83bc45f4839ff4fb96bb8b8/files/eeeb03d8-daeb-4115-9439-86787f437c03/ECP_AL_PR_12.11.pdf The first is Jones +10, the second Moore +9. Entirely contradictory. |
| Topic | Pokemon USUM solidified Ghetsis as the biggest scumbag in the series. *spoilers* |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/10/17 12:11:28 AM #16 | Blue_Inigo posted... Ghetsis says he's manipulating Gio but Gio says he's manipulating Ghetsis. Dont fuck with the OG Yeah, I do think Ghetsis underestimates Giovanni, and that is actually fitting: Ghetsis thinks he's smarter than everyone. Especially given that THIS Ghetsis was actually successful in his (original)scheme. He's bound to be overconfident. As for Rainbow Rocket Giovanni, he never had to face Red. Being beaten by Red again and again crushed OTL Giovanni's confidence and led him to disband Team Rocket and withdraw to the shadows. THIS Giovanni was never stopped. He successfully came to dominate Kanto, then Johto, and beyond. His ever-growing power and influence has left him perpetually hungry for more, and the multi-verse beckoned. It may be that this Aether Foundation has the most advanced understanding of dimensions, and thus was a logical first-strike. THIS Giovanni; however, doesn't seem ready to give up. Really, between Rainbow Rocket, Red&Blue making a cameo, Gladion going to Kanto, and USUM being the last 3DS pokemon games, it makes me think Gamefreak might end up doing a Kanto-Johto game based around the same time of USUM. It's probably 10-15 years after the events of the originals, and we'd be exploring Kanto and Johto in the timeline in which Megastones and Z-Crystals are things. It seems like a great way to simultaneously appeal to nostalgia while doing something new for Pokemon's first outing on the Switch(presumably). |
| Topic | Pokemon USUM solidified Ghetsis as the biggest scumbag in the series. *spoilers* |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/07/17 11:25:06 PM #4 | Ghetsis and Giovanni are the best pokemon villains, and it's not even close. The former because they actually go all-in on the evil and the insanity. The latter because he's so conventional. He's a mob boss, and he's good at it. Gotta give the edge to Ghetsis though, because of that battle theme. |
| Topic | Roy Moore said Jewish People are going to HELL..as well as ALL NON-CHRISTIANS!! |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/05/17 11:35:28 PM #13 | Zikten posted... what about catholics? I'm pretty sure Moore doesn't consider them "real" Christians. |
| Topic | Crabominable is the worst designed fucking Pokemon of all time. |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/05/17 8:40:47 PM #44 | Crabominable is over-designed, yes. I actually kind of like Toucannon, because it looks angry, yet also looks completely ridiculous. Doesn't make sense for it to be the final evolution of woodpeckers, but, then, some evolutions don't make sense. Alola has plenty of strong designs though. |
| Topic | Michael Flynn charged with making false statement to FBI |
| ElatedVenusaur 12/01/17 11:21:14 AM #51 | Phantom_Nook posted... Curtis Houck LOL@TC. Let slip the Hounds of Mattering. |
| Topic | What GOP senators do we still hold hope for? |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/30/17 5:43:20 PM #2 | It seems Sen. Corker, Sen. Flake, and Sen. Johnson are the current GOP hold-outs. The first two, of course, are retiring and thus largely immune to political consequences. As for Ron Johnson, apparently McConnell left him for dead in his re-election campaign last year, so he kind of hates McConnell and is apparently a deficit hawk(who maybe actually kind of cares about the deficit even when his party is in charge?). |
| Topic | How did China grow so powerful |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/25/17 3:26:35 PM #18 | China is simply too large, populous, and rich in resources to not be economically powerful for any length of time. It's not even particularly well-run, either: the CCP is basically a kleptocratic clique, and all you need is a fat stack of yuan to keep government regulators from looking too closely at your factories. Then there's the nightmare of the "Prosperity Zones". |
| Topic | The case for Hillary Clinton 2020 |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/25/17 12:33:05 PM #24 | Nope. It's time to bern this craphole to the ground. Bern it all! |
| Topic | CE, recommend me some good films to watch. |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/25/17 10:22:01 AM #21 | Birdman Logan Coraline |
| Topic | Reminder: It's been over two decades, and there's still no turkey Pokemon. |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/24/17 12:05:07 AM #28 | A turkey would have been good for Poke New York(Unova). Oh well. Sounds like good fodder for a starter bird. Kind of hoping the next Pokemon game is based on Australia, so we get a Ground/Poison emu. Poison everything, really. |
| Topic | Turkey isn't even good, objectively |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/23/17 7:43:08 PM #11 | ForestLogic posted... ZeroX91 posted...That just sounds like somebody did a bad job...its way taster than chicken. Ehh, I wouldn't quite say that. Turkey is a lot harder to cook, because it's so much bigger. You gotta really spend time with that thing. Brine it, baste it, maybe take it out to dinner. It's a process. Of course, you can find turkey breast and what not at the supermarket nowadays, and that's just as easy to make as chicken. Just better tasting. |
| Topic | I hope Paradox Interactive tries to make a Sims competitor like they did... |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/21/17 8:08:04 PM #2 | Only if it's fully-integrated with Victoria 3. |
| Topic | Member of India's ruling class offers reward to anyone who beheads lead actress. |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/21/17 8:07:13 PM #10 | ZCheveyo posted... It just baffles me that he is so....open about this offer. Hindu Nationalism is no less gross than other flavors of fanaticism, religious or otherwise. |
| Topic | Pastor says Roy Moore dated "younger ladies" for their purity |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/21/17 8:04:02 PM #29 | M_Live posted... Why are they trying so hard to defend this shithead They need his vote to pass their give-away to corporations and the wealthy. That's literally it. They might endorse Hitler if he promised to vote for it, but not Gay Hitler. |
| Topic | So is there more to Crusader Kings 2 then like arranging marriages and shit |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/20/17 8:57:52 PM #6 | Doe posted... How do I tell the game I don't want to go into hiding, it keeps telling me that They shape your character(and your wards), for better and for worse. Certain traits trigger different events or different event options, for example. If you have Way of Life, you can set a focus for your character that will sporadically trigger events relating to it, or perhaps give you the option to proactively do something(like hosting parties or going on a pilgrimage). Also, the game is merely informing you that there are active plots against you from which you could hide. If you have poor intrigue and/or a bad spymaster and can't afford to die just yet, it can be a good decision. Hiding, of course, has negative consequences. As for councilors, you generally want loyalty and for the relevant stat to be high. Disloyal councilors can be dangerous(especially disloyal spymasters). |
| Topic | So is there more to Crusader Kings 2 then like arranging marriages and shit |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/20/17 8:33:12 PM #3 | (Maybe) summoning Cthulu. Appointing your favorite horse Glitterhoof chancellor. Becoming the Saoshyant. Resurrecting the Roman Empire. Being Satan(figuratively). Being Satan(literally). Sacrificing the Pope at a blot. Getting your very own knock-off Joan of Arc. Murdering a half-dozen of your own children because the 7th one is a strong genius. Dealing with the fallout of your strong genius heir dying childless at 32 because your court physician decided to chop off his balls to treat his rabies and it predictably didn't work. Beating Death in chess. Finally killing the great-great-grandson of that jerk who slept with your great-great-granddad's wife. Dicking over the Holy Roman Emperor because he just wouldn't give you that county you wanted. I could go on. The limits of Crusader Kings 2 depend on you. And, in some cases, which DLCs you have. |
| Topic | Never played a Fire Emblem game. Where to start? |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/19/17 6:40:52 PM #7 | MarqueeSeries posted... BLAKUboy posted...If you want to play Fire Emblem, don't play the 3DS games. Both Awakening and Fates are pretty messy and kind of bloated mechanically, and they leave much to be desired from a story stand-point. Neither is bad(IMO), but there are a lot of things to keep track of. FE7, comparatively, is very tight mechanically and the simplicity makes it both easier to grasp, but also more challenging. It also has the strongest story in the entire series. |
| Topic | Paradox Interactive Games Topic(CK, EU, Stellaris, HoI, Vic) |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/17/17 6:06:58 PM #3 |  Guys, I think I might be living in a bad neighborhood. Hegemonic Imperialists, Slaving Despots, and TWO Fanatical Purifiers. Things gon get violent. |
| Topic | Paradox Interactive Games Topic(CK, EU, Stellaris, HoI, Vic) |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/16/17 10:41:43 PM #1 | EUIV and CK2 have new expansions(accompanied, of course, by large patches). CK2 is getting Jade Dragon, which is $15. It adds a boatload of special mechanics and events to simulate China as an off-map power. These honestly seem cool, but the price is a little high. And if you mostly play in Europe, it won't bring much to the table for you. The patch is ginormous and it can be found on Paradox's site. It includes a map expansion into Tibet as well as the usual truckload of fixes and optimizations. EUIV is getting Cradle of Civilization. The expansion mostly expands upon the Muslim piety mechanics and gives out some unique governments(Ardabil/Persia gets one, the Mamluks get one, and the Timurids/Aq Qoyunlu/Qara Qoyunlu share one). At $20, I can't recommend it. The patch; however, has all sorts of goodies, including a massive map overhaul for the Middle East, Persia, and Central Asia that promises to make it a much more dynamic place to play. Last but not least, today's Stellaris Dev Diary revealed that the upcoming patch(Cherryh) will make Ascension Perks available to everyone, not just players with the Utopia expansion. Only the special ascension perks will be locked behind expansions i.e. the Genetic Mastery/Synth/Psionic paths from Utopia and Machine Worlds from Synthetic Dawn. Wiz wants to do a lot more with them. This is heartening, because CK2 and especially EUIV have been hurt by having certain mechanics tied-up in expansions. Retinues for CK2, and development and estates for EUIV. |
| Topic | Zimbabwe army seizes control from president who stole land from white farmers |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/15/17 5:25:08 PM #20 | electricbugs2 posted... Well that's one African dictator down. There isn't much reason to think the new guy will be any different from Mugabe. |
| Topic | America let ISIS terrorists escape rather than fight them. |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/15/17 12:13:03 AM #4 | Our allies/proxies, the Syrian Democratic Forces(primarily the Kurdish YPG) cut the deal, and our forces honored it. It was hard on them, but it's important that we honor such deals. As unpalatable as it seems, sometimes negotiating with terrorists is the best way forward. |
| Topic | Woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 15, 16 |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/13/17 11:05:59 PM #65 | http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/11/our_view_roy_moore_grossly_unf.html That's Alabama's largest local newspaper. http://www.al.com/ It's the lead story, and there are multiple articles about it(including one floating the possibility of a Jefferson Bureaugard Sessions III as a write-in candidate.) |
| Topic | Woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 15, 16 |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/13/17 5:52:02 PM #57 | Wow, Doug Jones might actually pull this off. |
| Topic | First openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/08/17 12:21:30 AM #21 | https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOFHRPdVoAEWcYx.jpg Sorry, this pic is awesome. It's a good night, but this is sweet poetic justice. |
| Topic | Voters in NJ and VA reject Trumpism, elect Democratic governors. |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/07/17 11:32:14 PM #49 | https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOFHRPdVoAEWcYx.jpg Here, have a pic of Danica Roem rocking out. Tonight feels good. Dems have also made some big gains in municipal elections in CT, despite the fact that Democratic Gov. Dan Milloy is hugely unpopular(because he sucks. Seriously, it's pretty bi-partisan). |
| Topic | Paradoxical Crusader Europa Stellaris of Iron |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/07/17 12:19:14 AM #7 | Speaking of Victoria, Paradox does have a number of as-of-yet unrevealed internal projects, so there is yet hope that we shall be graced by the most perfect of games: Victoria III. |
| Topic | Paradoxical Crusader Europa Stellaris of Iron |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/07/17 12:12:49 AM #5 | Doom_Art posted... ElatedVenusaur posted...(warp and wormholes are dead Wormholes can crop up as natural features, and there will be gates that allow point-to-point warping(and you'll be able to build you own). Jump Drives and Psy Jump Drives will have limited Warp-like capabilities. But yes, Hyperlanes are the default. |
| Topic | Paradoxical Crusader Europa Stellaris of Iron |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/06/17 11:52:43 PM #1 | Crusader Kings 2 is getting a new expansion(Jade Dragon), which is rumored to be the penultimate CK2 DLC. Jade Dragon is mostly focused around simulating China as an off-map power which on-map rulers can interact with(and that China can interact with). The expansion itself seems strong, with the caveat that it applies almost exclusively to the eastern end of the map, so definitely not worth it if that's not your cup of tea. It is, of course, being accompanied by a (massive) patch. Changelog is in below link(as well as a picture of the physical patch notes): https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/ck2-dev-diary-74-patch-notes-achievements.1053632/ Europa Universalis IV is also getting an expansion, the Cradle of Civilization. It focuses on mechanics for Middle Eastern and Near Eastern powers(particularly the Mamluks, Aq Qoyunlu, Qara Qoyunlu, Persia, and the Timurids) as well as a (dubious) professionalism mechanic for armies. The patch has all the good stuff, so it should be easy to pass on CoC, is what I'm saying, as it seems imminently extraneous. Stellaris is currently being overhauled in a giga-patch with no firm release date, as of yet. The patch, among other things, brings starbases(which completely replace spaceports and outposts), needing to build outposts(level 0 starbases) to claim systems, a complete overhaul of FTL travel(warp and wormholes are dead), and galactic terrain(pulsars disable shields, ships cannot see into systems in nebulae, etc.) Details below. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-92-ftl-rework-and-galactic-terrain.1052958/ https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/dev-diary-91-starbases.1052064/ |
| Topic | How does a Dragonair evolve into a Dragonite? |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/06/17 11:29:04 AM #24 | It hits up an all-you-can-eat buffet and doesn't stop until it has tripled its body mass. Obviously. |
| Topic | Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/05/17 7:17:58 PM #3 | Saudi Arabia seems intent on becoming a totalitarian corporate dystopia, as opposed to the 19th-century absolute-monarchy dystopia it currently is. Either way, it sucks for everyone. |
| Topic | Why does Germany completely censor Nazi references in all media |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/05/17 2:43:57 PM #32 | It's because the Germans broadly realize that Nazis have nothing of worth to contribute. |
| Topic | Why Liberals are so in favor of socialism |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/04/17 8:35:54 PM #165 | FLUFFYGERM posted... ElatedVenusaur posted...The wealthy will remain wealthy, but it is their duty to pay a much fairer share. For example, in the 50s and 60s, the top bracket was ~90%. Or more than twice what it is now. Capital gains was about the same as it was now though, so it probably didn't capture much(capital gains should be taxed as normal income anyhow). |
| Topic | Fire, Water, or Grass? |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/04/17 8:31:46 PM #5 | Bulbasaur Cyndaquil Treecko Chimchar Nothing Froakie Rowlet Grass is best. I have always loved some good Leech Seed action. |
| Topic | Why are women's sections in clothing stores much bigger than men's? |
| ElatedVenusaur 11/04/17 8:27:26 PM #10 | Women's clothing also tends to be much thinner, so they are expected to, for example, "layer" shirts if they require more warmth than is given by one paper-thin shirt. This is somewhat unrelated, but women's clothing rarely has functional pockets either. |
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