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| Topic | ITT: We rate the above Simpsons clip! |
| Sahuagin 01/17/20 1:42:44 AM #346 | 6.5/10 Good Episode, but weak overly long joke (just noticing that Cooter's kid Spud has basically a copy/paste of Bart's body.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqgvHUg_vxY --- |
| Topic | Guess the game I'm thinking of, win a prize |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 10:47:39 PM #41 | Ghosts and Goblins --- |
| Topic | Guess the game I'm thinking of, win a prize |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 10:31:24 PM #36 | Kid Icarus --- |
| Topic | "Papa John" Schnatter |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 6:56:41 PM #41 | Kyuubi4269 posted... LinkPizza posted...you beat me fyi it's not worth talking to LinkPizza --- |
| Topic | Dang, Slayer hasn't logged in a full year and still has over 10K AMP |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 6:36:25 PM #8 | Doom Slayer --- |
| Topic | Guess the game I'm thinking of, win a prize |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 6:33:29 PM #13 | Mibibli's Quest --- |
| Topic | "Papa John" Schnatter |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 5:42:11 PM #24 | most places I've seen don't consistently cut their pizza in any way. it's 8 or more slices of varying size. some of them can be only a couple inches wide at the crust, even. but I think generally a "pizza slice" would be considered 1/8th of a pizza. --- |
| Topic | RIP David Stern |
| Sahuagin 01/01/20 5:37:34 PM #6 | though you meant Daniel Stern at first --- |
| Topic | VIDEO: When your camera shutter rate matches helicopter rotor speed! |
| Sahuagin 12/31/19 7:46:43 PM #20 | Energy Surge posted... Let's say there are fifty studs in the tread aloud the edge of the tire just to make the math simple. Because there are fifty identical positions, it could rotate as little as 7.2 degrees per frame to match the frame rate of the camera. That's only 30 rpm. And the wheel could turn any multiple of 7.2 degrees to reach another identical position. So any multiple of 30 rpm would make the studs on the tread appear motionless. 150 rpm is around 10-12 mph depending on the diameter of the tire.yeah k. I think I'm underestimating the speed of a camera shutter, and the visual similarity of the wheel from frame to frame. compression might be involved but now I have no idea to what degree if any. --- |
| Topic | C/D: food should be hot, drinks should be cold |
| Sahuagin 12/31/19 10:48:31 AM #8 | MrMelodramatic posted... very rare casessalad and hot chocolate are not "very rare" --- |
| Topic | If you could pick one IP to play forever - Day 9: XBox Game Studios |
| Sahuagin 12/30/19 4:13:57 PM #4 | probably Minecraft, but also tempted to say Forza --- |
| Topic | VIDEO: When your camera shutter rate matches helicopter rotor speed! |
| Sahuagin 12/30/19 3:42:50 PM #13 | Energy Surge posted... Compression wouldn't cause this at all. <snip> why not? that's exactly the kind of thing compression does to simplify the image to compress it. here's an example. things to notice include:
for the helicopter, you're not literally getting raw frames that look identical frame to frame, you're getting frames that look similar frame to frame and the compression converts it into something that looks identical. --- |
| Topic | What are some good ways to keep pressure off your coccyx/tailbone? |
| Sahuagin 12/30/19 9:36:08 AM #10 | try to sit with your weight on your thighs and/or ass cheeks. don't slouch, or if you do sit sideways so your weight isn't directly on your asscrack. use a softer seat (sit on a pillow or blanket) if it starts to get a little sore, don't ignore it. if it gets bad enough it can hurt an insane amount. --- |
| Topic | The White Settlement shooting shows why everyone needs to take combat training |
| Sahuagin 12/29/19 9:08:52 PM #24 | if you're going to carry, then yes you should definitely train --- |
| Topic | VIDEO: When your camera shutter rate matches helicopter rotor speed! |
| Sahuagin 12/29/19 7:41:47 PM #5 | pretty sure it's more related to compression and/or image stabilizing. I saw a similar effect watching a bicycle video where the front tire appeared to almost be motionless except for turning forward an inch or two once every few seconds. the speed of the tire should be fluctuating a lot, so it's not synchronized with the camera. the compression on the video is just reducing something that is otherwise super hard to compress due to the amount of noise involved into something extremely easy to compress since it's no longer moving frame to frame. --- |
| Topic | You are given $1,000,000 plus |
| Sahuagin 12/28/19 5:37:30 PM #9 | probably yes Ogurisama posted... Free travel expenses for the challenge, (hotel and flight only)meals? Ogurisama posted... You miss one game, for what ever reason you dont get the money and must make your way back home out of pocket.what if it's not my fault? plane is delayed, flights are grounded, etc.? as long as it's only cancelled if it's my fault, I think yes, even if I have to pay for my own food too. --- |
| Topic | Your favourite Mario RPG game? |
| Sahuagin 12/28/19 2:57:16 PM #14 | trodi_911 posted... Super Paper Mario is more of a platformer than an RPG so I can see why it was left off.rather than being a platformer-themed RPG, it's more like an actual platformer RPG. --- |
| Topic | ITT: We rate the above Simpsons clip! |
| Sahuagin 12/28/19 6:26:04 AM #314 | |
| Topic | Any cons to giving my cat wet food? |
| Sahuagin 12/27/19 2:39:46 PM #21 | one "con" may be the smell. I always know right away when my brother feeds the cat, due to the strong smell that I can detect from rooms away. --- |
| Topic | Your favourite Mario RPG game? |
| Sahuagin 12/27/19 12:53:53 PM #2 | missed Super Paper Mario. there's things I like more about SPM than the others, but I think TYD is the better game, of the ones I've played PM:TYD > SPM > SMRPG --- |
| Topic | Is there a superhero who really doesn't care and is annoyed about everything? |
| Sahuagin 12/27/19 6:14:37 AM #8 | haven't seen it but wasn't that what Hancock was about? Lokarin posted... And not disinterested like Hancock. ok reading the post helps the comedian then maybe? or maybe Die Fledermaus/Bat Manuel for some reason that was how Captain Marvel was acting in Endgame, despite the ridiculously high stakes feel like there's someone in the back of my mind that I'm not thinking of... and it's Wolverine. depends on his mood though I guess. --- |
| Topic | Is amazon good on order cancels/returns? |
| Sahuagin 12/27/19 3:16:04 AM #9 | Lokarin posted... Didn't know can overclock a monitor since it has a variable refresh rate, it can be overclocked (set to a rate higher than normal). I'm not sure what they mean in the description text though. this was just the cheapest monitor that met your criteria on that site. --- |
| Topic | Is amazon good on order cancels/returns? |
| Sahuagin 12/26/19 5:47:53 AM #7 | Lokarin posted... My requirements are gsync, at least 2k, and more than 74Hz https://www.newegg.ca/black-asus-tuf-gaming-vg27bq-90lm04z0-b013b0-27/p/N82E16824236991 making me want to buy one, but that's pretty expensive --- |
| Topic | I hate grinding. |
| Sahuagin 12/26/19 3:19:29 AM #23 | _AdjI_ posted... Eh, I feel like it's unreasonable to set the bar at those extremes, especially where that depends so much on the style of gameplay. With turn-based games in particular, beating the game at level 1 may well be mathematically impossible (i.e. you deal less than 10 damage and the boss has 15 additive defense, or the boss unavoidably deals more damage than level 1 characters have health)yes, 1 and 100 are just examples. _AdjI_ posted... not necessarily that skill can be a complete substitute for having any levels at all. Take it that far, and you risk losing all sense of meaningful progression (which is a bad thing).yes, take it too far and you risk becoming an action game. dark souls in particular seems to have somehow captured this better than any other game I can think of. the game is beatable at level 1, you gain very noticeable improvements at every level, yet you can still be killed pretty easily by most enemies, even at high levels. --- |
| Topic | Who wins in a fight? Magneto or Anakin Skywalker |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 6:26:39 PM #23 | AllstarSniper32 posted... I meant non-phoenix Jean Grey. There has been times when Magneto is trying to push metal objects towards Jean Grey and she can stop it with just telekinesis. Anikin has telekinesis. To pull his lightsaber from him wouldn't work cause he could just stop it. That is something Jedi and Sith train to do so their counterparts can't just yank their saber away from them using the force. Magneto can do things like: lift football stadiums, lift submarines, fly, move asteroids, tear open trains, hold a falling jet in place with its engines running, etc. Vader can do things like: choke someone a few feet away, throw large containers around AllstarSniper32 posted... Those don't seem like something magnetism should be able to do. it can make Magneto overpowered fast if you take it too far, but manipulation of magnetism would actually be more powerful than Magneto is usually shown. Electromagnetism is what holds matter together, it's why objects are solid, it's why light shines and travels. pretty much all macro-level physical phenomena are a result of electromagnetism. the only things that don't apply are nuclear forces and gravity. --- |
| Topic | R.I.P. My Steam account |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 6:08:45 PM #82 | shouldn't this be as simple as just replacing your phone and using the same sim-card/phone-number --- |
| Topic | Who wins in a fight? Magneto or Anakin Skywalker |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 5:55:34 PM #20 | Magneto's "metal-kinesis" usually appears to be a lot more powerful than force telekinesis --- |
| Topic | Best way to connect a component cable device to a TV without component ports? |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 9:52:30 AM #6 | a lot of these kinds of adapters don't work as well as you might hope. they can work, but they can also be unreliable. the best solution would be to find the best quality output to input match between your device and TV and try to find a single cable for it. but it depends on the device and TV. --- |
| Topic | Best way to connect a component cable device to a TV without component ports? |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 8:47:28 AM #2 | if the TV doesn't have component, what does it have? --- |
| Topic | I hate grinding. |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 7:39:00 AM #14 | Lokarin posted... The exploration and rewards of failure made sure that you were the appropriate level when you beat Dragon Quest. The developers planned the XP and gold curves around an expected level of failure... this is a standard thing in designing RPGs.truly well-designed RPGs/games should be as little like that as possible. a truly great game is beatable at level 1, and still somewhat challenging at level 100, while nevertheless still giving a full sense of progression in between. it's not easy to do; dark souls and rogue-likes are what come to mind as examples. the game mechanics have to be rich enough for it to be possible. games where the difficulty scale is so narrow that 1 level makes the difference between impossible and possible, and another level makes the difference between possible and cake-walk are bad games that have turned the game mechanics into, as you say, gate-keeping systems. the designer is attempting to control the player rather than creating deep and meaningful game systems and then presenting the player with equally rich challenges to overcome. games like you're describing are reducible to that RPG sim where you're walking on a line fighting battles over and over. (I wouldn't be complaining about this except that you started off describing grinding as a solution to bad design, and then presented this as "good" design, which it definitely is not to me. grinding is a solution to the player's lack of ability to win a scenario. if the player's skill and knowledge of the game is completely irrelevant to winning the scenario, that is bad design, and then yes, grinding is then transitively a solution to bad design.) --- |
| Topic | I hate grinding. |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 6:34:03 AM #12 | Lokarin posted... I've done this write up countless times, but it all dates back to Dragon Quest 1. If you are playing the game as intended, exploring and dying, you will be the right level when you get to the end.I would call this bad design. what makes RPGs so widely popular is that they effectively have dynamic difficulty. you can make the game as easy or hard on yourself as you want, and in the best of these games, that scale will be extremely broad. when that scale is extremely narrow (close to impossible if you're a little under-leveled, and either OPd if you're a little over-leveled, or else it's impossible to be over-leveled), that is bad design. that whole system might almost as well not even be in the game. --- |
| Topic | Which way is the person facing? |
| Sahuagin 12/24/19 5:30:46 AM #26 | BeerOnTap posted... Hes facing the camera because he goes behind the support poles (of the swing set) on his backward swing. this, but it took a lot of examining to find that, and I could otherwise switch between the two versions at will --- |
| Topic | If you could pick a lesser known game system for Mini treatment... |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 5:13:14 PM #8 | DeltaBladeX posted... No Sega, Nintendo, Sony or Microsoftwhat does that even leave? I think the only thing I could even mention 5 games from offhand would be ColecoVision. Something like: Venture Frogger Mr. Do Time Pilot Donkey Kong Jr. --- |
| Topic | If you could pick one IP to play forever Day 6: Activision/Blizzard... |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 3:45:54 PM #3 | I think Starcraft. much as I don't really like competitive RTS, it's dynamic enough that you could probably play it forever. Warcraft would work too (especially if that includes WoW), but I think I prefer Starcraft gameplay to Warcraft RTS gameplay. --- |
| Topic | Chili, with beans or without? |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 3:42:29 PM #30 | TheSlinja posted... I wasnt aware it was even chili without beans --- |
| Topic | Gloves or Mittens? |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 2:35:51 PM #13 | usually neither but mittens seem to keep my hands a lot warmer than gloves. though I have really compared them in decades either. --- |
| Topic | The Rare NINTENDO-PLAYSTATION CONSOLE is set to Sell for MILLIONS in TEXAS!!! |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 4:33:24 AM #12 | helIy posted... helIy posted...what about it "makes no sense"? --- |
| Topic | The Rare NINTENDO-PLAYSTATION CONSOLE is set to Sell for MILLIONS in TEXAS!!! |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 1:59:58 AM #8 | helIy posted... Why is it both faded yellow old plastic, and bright gray new plastic?I dunno if it's fake or not, but that's how SNESs fade. for some reason half the plastic turns yellowish and half doesn't. I have two of them that have done this. (not mine) https://imgur.com/he6ctaS --- |
| Topic | Are the "Weapons" in Mario Kart Considered "Random Chance"? |
| Sahuagin 12/23/19 1:54:25 AM #7 | I vaguely recall that in at least one of them you could time your press just right and get a mushroom or banana peel as desired. and Nintendo definitely likes to have timable slot machines in their games. but, I don't see anything online that says that this is possible, so probably not. more recent games definitely seem to have probability tables, so then it's definitely randomized in those ones. info specifically for the original Super Mario Kart seems to be lacking though. --- |
| Topic | Choice making time (read post before deciding) |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 7:16:59 PM #5 | DiduXD posted... Why do you have all your memories when you're clearly not supposed to? what does this part mean? you aren't supposed to have your memories? why would you ever think that you aren't supposed to have your own memories? Lokarin posted... Wizard of Oz? that's what I thought of too I guess the question boils down to something like: rule over a strange undefined kingdom, or keep living your current life? I think the decision about whether to stay or go home would require a lot more information about that world. Why are they happy their king died? maybe they will want you dead in a few days too. maybe they're about to lose a war with a neighbouring country. maybe they have problems you will never be able to solve. maybe they're a horrendously immoral culture that you'll never be able to correct. etc.etc.etc. --- |
| Topic | Help me decide which two of these more recent games to play |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 7:11:01 PM #5 | I think I would pick Outer Worlds and Sekiro, but it's a pretty fine list and you probably can't go wrong with most of those --- |
| Topic | Settle a debate between my wife and I. |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 1:19:56 PM #62 | LinkPizza posted... All I'm saying is I agree with him. I'd be pissed if I was forced to use my day off on a day I went to work already. And I'd also be pissed if I was forced to use it on a half day. Being forced to use it when both of those things happened would suck even worse. Which is what happened to him. You said you didn't see a problem with that. And I disagreed and explained why. It's literally that simple. And I'm not nitpicking. I'm explaining why what happen sucks. If you can't understand that, then I don't really care... If you don't like it when people disagree with you, that's fine. But I'm not going to change the way I post for your sake. So, if you don't like the way I post, ignore or block, and stop complaining. And it's not absurd just because you don't agree. But whatever... And if you'rer talking about disagreeing, most people do it to each other on this site. But if you are only paying attention to me and not the others who do it, that's a little creepy, tbh... unbelievable... --- |
| Topic | Settle a debate between my wife and I. |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 1:08:16 PM #60 | LinkPizza posted... What are you talking about? I was saying that I understand why he is mad. And explained why. But what the fuck ever. If you don't like talking to me and having a discussion, then fucking don't. Block me if you want. I don't really care... But I was explaining why he was mad. And why I agree. If you can't handle people disagreeing with you, the internet isn't the place for you...your first point was valid, but after that you're not disagreeing, or there'd actually be something to talk about. I couldn't even call what you're doing nitpicking. it's just antagonizing for it's own sake. I'm not the only one you do it to, but I am probably more susceptible than others, where other people are smart enough to disengage from your absurdity. --- |
| Topic | Settle a debate between my wife and I. |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 12:46:11 PM #58 | LinkPizza posted... Nobody said anything about rules being violated, AFAIK. We just said it suck. And I called the other guy a shitty boss. Which he is... And it's a problem for most normal people. If you like your days off, you probably don't like having to go there on a day off. Like I said, if it was a day you had to work and get a random day off (not a planned one like this one was suppose to be), it would be different. And if it wasn't a half day, it would have also been ok. What this boss did isn't against the rules. But it definitely makes him a shitty boss... Or a shitty person, if he knew about the half day... And lazy, by the looks of it, I guess...unbelievable... you will literally argue about anything... --- |
| Topic | Settle a debate between my wife and I. |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 12:38:15 PM #56 | LinkPizza posted... I do see a problem, though. I agree with him. I would hate to go to work only to be told I had to use my day off that day and go back. On my days off, I'd rather not wake up early and go to work to go back. I'd rather relax the whole day. That's if I had a "get-out-of-work-free card". If not, then it would have been fine. But that was coupled with the fact that he had to use it on a half day, as well. It's just a case of a shitty boss...well it definitely sucks, but I'm not aware of any rules that are being violated (not that I'm an HR expert, though I do work with this kind of info a lot). the 3 hour rule is for hourly workers. as a salaried employee, the "free day off" thing is just -8 hours that you are expected to accumulate. whether you're at work already or not doesn't matter. (but these kind of things will probably vary everywhere, so it's entirely possible that there's somewhere in the world where this would be a problem.) --- |
| Topic | Settle a debate between my wife and I. |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 12:21:44 PM #54 | LinkPizza posted... Actually, based on what he said, it sounded like he was going to be paid for the whole day. But the pay isn't the issue here, anyway... It's having to use a day off when you already went to work...yes, you're right. in that case, I don't think there's an issue. --- |
| Topic | Settle a debate between my wife and I. |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 12:16:46 PM #52 | GreenKnight127 posted... I was like, "But I already drove to work. I'm here now."this is why there is/can-be a rule that says that if you were scheduled for and showed up for work, that you are entitled to at least 3 hours of pay, regardless if you worked it or not. if you show up and they send you home, they have to pay you at least 3 hours. (only applies to hourly work I think, and of course anything will vary by region.) --- |
| Topic | Rate my shitty DVD purchases please, I'm bored |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 7:42:04 AM #9 | DeltaBladeX posted... Ex_Machinasupposed to be very good DeltaBladeX posted... Total Recall (2012)IIRC supposed to be ok if you don't compare it to the original --- |
| Topic | Do you remember what you were doing when the world ended 7 years ago? |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 7:40:51 AM #7 | i remember my dad implying that the movie District 9 was telling us that the 2012 scenario would be an alien invasion. other than that, I don't remember what I actually did at the end of 2012, aside from treating it like any other christmas/new years time. --- |
| Topic | What's a mediocre-to-good game or franchise you'd like to get a second chance? |
| Sahuagin 12/22/19 7:36:24 AM #52 | zebatov posted... Destroy All Humans! is getting a remake.ok, that is awesome news. looks amazing so far too. --- |
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