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HECK yes, one of the best side characters ever.


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Nick
Apollo
Horrible
Tabuu

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Joker
Travis
Ken
Jamal

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...what?


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VintageGin posted...

Index if you want a top of the line VR headset and finger tracking (only relevant in a handful of games like Half-Life Alyx). This requires some dedicated space as you need to set up tracking towers.

Quest 2 if you want a standalone headset experience. Word of warning, a Facebook account is required for this and if you somehow lose access to the FB account or it gets banned, your headset is useless.

I agree with all of the above, however I'd also like to note that the Vive 2 launched a couple weeks ago and visually it's even better than the Index in some areas.

https://www.amazon.com/HTC-Vive-Pro-Headset-Only-pc/dp/B092LBLT7P

Reviewers still prefer the Index for comfort and speakers though so you could consider it a tossup between the two, just wanted to throw it out there as a third option.


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Yes, he's really awful.


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To reiterate: Please keep Walter and Jesse on opposite sides of the bracket so the epic showdown is possible! Speaking of which..

Walter White (Breaking Bad)
Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
Ironman/Tony Stark (MCU)
Wall-E (Wall-E)
Joker (The Dark Knight)
Eve (Wall-E)


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Back to the top with ya

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Agreed with the above, I felt Curb didn't really hit its stride until S3, but from there on its golden.


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Heck YES, finally a character who respects an ice cold and refreshing Mtn Dew.


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It's brilliant, people who buy a lottery ticket every week probably have the lowest vaccination rate of any demographic, so you can rack up huge numbers by appealing to their interest.

I'm glad more states are joining in!


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Great topic series, and even better job keeping it all so well-documented!


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Even if your older laptop can't run the game right now, still click the button! It will be added to your steam account permanently, so you'll be able to download and play in the future when you have a new machine.


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Hmmm, nice topic choice!


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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1180660/Tell_Me_Why/

Came out last year and has great reviews, won some awards, all chapters are free on steam this month... so give it a try!

Also this is now a playthrough topic.


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weezer - undone


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I loved it, one of my best theater experiences (sold out opening night crowd).


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This is AWESOME, and reminds me of our Show discussions re: the crazy amount of talent on this board, and how much posting here has put us all miles ahead of the average millennial/zoomer in terms of writing, defending an argument, making a project, etc.


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Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island - Everything Is AWESOME!!!
Weird Al Yankovic - Everything You Know Is Wrong

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Wow, this should make for a record-setting final afternoon. Kart 64 (with my friend Abney) directly into the Super Metroid Race into the blindfolded Mario 64 into the Souls games.

Hot stuff!


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It wasn't THAT recent, probably 9 months ago. But yes we did already discuss this and the results hold up.

EDIT - Ah I was close, 11 months ago by Snrkiko.


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Day One purchase in the books!


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Good Girls ain't dead yet.

(fate will be decided later this month)


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They made Elon play weirdos all night; having him as Wario was perfect. And the twist at the end was nice. Everything in between was, I'll admit, not so great...

But that was the weakest sketch of the night, the rest of the show was actually surprisingly strong! (Well, after the awkward monologue.) I'm not an Elon fan whatsoever, but he won me over with his commitment to his eccentric oddball characters and so I awarded him a B for his overall hosting duties.

(Also helped that they picked such a strong musical guest, Miley made 5 appearances and killed every time.)

I quite enjoyed the Mars Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuaDWyCnJxs

and the Murder Mystery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaKZi6p6sxg

and of course Weekend Update was great as always
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4INrQBmJYqY
(Che's firing squad line might be my favorite of the year so far)


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Yes, I always liked him.


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He didn't have a single role as acclaimed as Brokeback, sure, but his turns as Jackie Robinson and James Brown and Thurgood Marshall were very well received and had critics calling him the Next Big Thing. Then he actually DID become the Big Thing by headlining one of the most successful films in US history. Then he took time away from that role to be sensational in both Ma Rainey and 5 Bloods last year.

So I completely disagree and think he both would have been in the Oscar mix without dying, and it was reasonable to consider him a big favorite for the award.


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Yes.

He hasn't even begun to peak. But he's gonna peak today. Oh, he's going to peak all over everybody.


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plasmabeam posted...

Yeah I don't judge DiCaprio

No, even Leo doesn't date teens.

(well, hasn't since he was 25)


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Well that sucks, BUT, I feel like the value is in their personalities, not in the brand or the website itself, and they could get the band back together on a new platform and retain 90% of their popularity.


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Michelle Branch - Everywhere

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She's the best.


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Yes, you love to hate her.


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Another great topic choice by the Nickster!


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Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
Strong Bad - Fhqwhgads (Everybody to the Limit)

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Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz - Get Low
WWE - Break The Walls Down


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Excellent work B8, you picked the perfect Finals!


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ChainLTTP posted...

My guess is that the order decision was a combination of wishful thinking that people care about Chadwick Boseman (your average Oscar viewer has no idea who he is)

You... don't think Americans know the star of the third highest grossing movie in US history, who also had major scenes in the second and fifth highest grossing movies in US history?


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HECK no, first character in gaming to ever make my 4 year old blood boil!

Hilarious as a Smash character though... but still no.


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Sugar Ray - Every Morning

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KCF0107 posted...

Sound of Metal is the only one that I have seen.

Also whoops, I should have contacted Menji about the prediction contest

@Menji it's okay you have my permission to skip this one; Oscars should have been rolled over to 11 months from now IMO.


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Whiskey_Nick posted...

Aragorn is Ngamer's avatar....

'tis true, and I HAVE been voting him every day. But only once!


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Great subject, I'm just shocked we haven't covered it already!


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She was the worst early on, but then became awesome.

Hard YES, and my choice for the Throne.


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HECK yes, Perfect Dark forever.


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No, they're the worst, just the worst.


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Will be going back soon now that I'm fully vaxed up.


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Oh Sailor Baaaaaaacon, you've got some 'plaining to do.


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Whoa, just had an awesome experience! Got to Top Ten and was executing the strategy outlined above, everything was going well, got a couple kills... but one other player just wouldn't go down. It turned into a long final 1v1 standoff, I tried my best but eventually got trapped in a corner and couldn't escape. I checked the scoreboard and saw I'd been killed by a long-named Japanese player who for some reason looked familiar... went over to the Leaderboard right after and what do you know

I got murdered by the Worldwide Pac Champ; what an honor! It caught me by surprise because this was just after 3am his time, but I guess you need to game all night if you want to be the world's best. Personally I'm thrilled just to have a spot in the Top 2000.


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Well, what do you know- all those afternoons at Pizza Hut in the early 90s appear to finally be paying off!

I finished 12th place in my first game, then earned a Bronze Medal on my 5th try. From there it did take a couple hours of effort but finally I broke through for the big Pac Championship!

I'm now up to five wins overall, but I'm still a long ways from consistent. My average finish is only around 30 because I take too many chances in the first half of games trying to clear boards, and often something crazy happens all at once and I find myself dead outside the Top 50.

It appears I independently developed a strategy almost identical to what Tom posted above. I always try to get every dot on the maze in the opening minutes, aiming to be at Speed 3 by the time the Red Killers start to arrive (Speed 4 is ideal but I don't stress it). As soon as more than one Killer appears I switch into Pure Fruit Mode, just trying to eat half the dots as quickly as possible so I can race back to that fruit and melt them. Once its down to the Top Ten I hide out next to the pellets and bait at least one ghost into getting close enough for me to kill and free up a little space on screen on my way to the next corner (because invincibility doesn't even last long enough to get corner to corner at that point).

I've also had the same approach to the ghost trains, in that I only clean them up when I was already going to be looping around that area already (to eat dots or on my way to the next pellet/fruit). The only things I've done differently from what Tom suggested was to use Counter (I thought hitting more people was a winning strat, but it does sometimes backfire in the late game when 100 White Blockers come bouncing back at you) and Train (I actually should switch to Speed when needed but it's one extra thing to think about so I haven't tried working it into the routine yet).

The one thing I still don't really understand is Shields. I've gotten them maxed out with 8 KOs, and it still didn't feel like they were doing anything to keep me from getting Jammed Up. And are they supposed to offer some kind of limited protection from the Red Killers, or do they only help with the standard whites?

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Well Nintendo hasn't brought Mario back yet, but now I see what they were thinking- create space for the newest Old School Battler on the Block, Pac-Man 99!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ2c-6CJ-tM

This one's going to be permanent because they're already selling a DLC add on like Tetris has, so feel free to get invested.

Maybe after a couple months of giving this a shot they'll bring back Mario with the permanent DLC treatment.


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