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Also "I'll never forget you, Carver." is such a weird thing to say. I hope you wouldn't forget him, he was your son!

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

I think I played dual-wielding Rogue last time.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

ninkendo posted...

dunkey always puts out good videos

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

So I finally got to start up DA2. My Grey Warden was a dual-wielding warrior, and I'm gonna switch it up a bit with a... sword and shield wielding Hawke. Yeah, yeah, I know, it's probably super boring to a lot of people. But I appreciate how much more visceral the combat of DA2. It might not make a huge difference, but battles looking and feeling faster instead of the plodding nature of DA:O's combat gives off a much better first impression. I also appreciate how BioWare decided, unlike DA:O's more slow prologue scenarios, you get a first impression of how each class will play with maxed out abilities. It goes suck to lose the unique backgrounds.

DA2 does make up for it with the early gut-punch, though. You have to lose one of your two siblings based on what class you chose and you meet up with a married couple where one of them gets tainted by the darkspawn and has to be mercy killed. Losing a unique background for your character is kind of a drag, but I really do appreciate how low you're put in the beginning of DA2. It makes sense that the game is largely about building your Hawke up to being a champion. You've lost so much in the first hour of the game and even Flemeth let's you know it's not going to get any easier.

Also, sexy Flemeth seems so weird. Isn't there like a middle ground between her DA:O appearance and what we got here? Also despite my initial turns at a good, righteous, Diplomatic Hawke, I did opt to repeatedly ask Flemeth to make be a dragon. Sadly, she did not. From what I remember, whatever option you choose (Diplomatic, Charming, or Aggressive) most of the time will then reflect in dialogue by your Hawke when you don't get the option to pick what they say. Which is kinda like ME3 which has Shepard talk on their own. I know ME1 and 2 you literally picked every single piece of Shep dialogue, but not ME3, and I know DA:O you obviously chose every line of unspoken dialogue. Also, I played as MaleHawke last time I played almost a decade ago, so now I'm giving FemHawke a try. I will say that I think I like the male voice actor more, but FemHawke could grow on me.

But anyway, just escaped Lothering and got to Kirkwall. I actually let Aveline decide what to do with her husband, which led to her gaining favor with me (which I believe is measured in Friend vs. Rival where maxing out either way gains a new ability). I suspect I won't be using her much due to redundancy with my Hawke.

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masterplum posted...

Which is why they exist. So Disney doens't have to keep paying her and stash her somewhere

I'd be absolutely cool with Disney having to do that if we got rid of those laws since they are hot garbage.

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Ashethan posted...

You're entitled to be an asshole all you want.
And people are entitled to call you out on being an asshole.
And companies are entitled to fire you for being an asshole.

Remember when all the right wingers advocated for "right to work" laws?

Welcome to At-Will employment.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

227. Not as low as expected but still in the right direction.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Game and DLC is $11. It has been $26 for a while.

Funnily enough, it's also the most expensive of the 3. DA:O is $4.99 and DA:I is $9.99. And both those include all the DLC.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Oh cool, Steam is doing a sale on all the DA games. I was afraid I was just gonna have to play the DA2 base game through EA Play because I stupidly bought just DA:O Ultimate Edition and DA:I GotY Edition while on sale but forgot to get DA2 with the DLC.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

So Cameron Grimes returned to NXT tonight for the first time in ages, except he rolled up in a Lamborghini because now he's apparently rich.

Why? Because apparently while away he got into video games, and when he ran out games to play, he went to Gamestop to buy more and thought the store was so dang cool he invested money into it by buying its stock.

That's right: Cameron Grimes is a moron who invested into a brick and mortar store thinking it was just awesome, and accidentally got rich in the process.


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red13n posted...

Mando is probably timeskipping anyway and her character arc was open but also had no lingering questions in need of answers. So she can just be forgotten.

She was supposed to get her own show, though.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Yeah she was Cara Dune. She was also anti-mask, anti-vaccine, and kinda homophobic.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Think I'm going to start a new topic for Dragon Age II.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Feeling pretty good about tomorrow's weigh-in.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

It was certainly her most memorable character trait.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Leonhart4 posted...

Let's just compromise and replace the butt shots with boob shots

Don't we get shots of Samara's plunging neckline when we first meet her?

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

RikkuAlmighty posted...

which one had the robot with the "balls"

i vote that one

Hey man don't hate on Devastator's metal clangers.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Xiahou Shake posted...

Sealab 2021 and ATHF are probably more responsible for my general sense of humor than any other media I can definitively point to.

Same. More so ATHF.

I still listen to their Christmas album every year.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Man, Sealab 2021 was probably the best Adult Swim cartoon back in the day.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Jakyl25 posted...

WWE going hard for @TheRock1525 support

https://twitter.com/GMS_WWE/status/1359472187145523200?s=20

A lot of things going hard in relation to this image.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

How is good ol' Ben Garrison handling the second impeachment?



The Democrats are claiming a terrible trauma, as if they went through an ordeal that left them with Post Trump Stress Disorder. They paint Trump as a terrible monster and they have now marched to the castle with torches and pitchforks. They are screaming out their grievances. But in reality THEY are the monsters. Hence my cartoon.

Jesus Christ he even over-explains his over-explained cartoons.

Also somehow Nancy and AOC have bigger racks than Melania.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Xeybozn posted...

Trump being in office increases turnout for voters who don't like him, but Trump has to be on the ballot himself to increase turnout among his supporters? It's not that crazy, is it?

Once again, this is literally my point. Trump did more to help down-ballot races than hurt them. It's why Iowa was a possible flip for Dems, but Trump's over performance in Iowa (winning by almost 9%) helped Ernst gain a comfortable win, but still less than Trump (roughly 5-6%).

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Lightning Strikes posted...

Also, 2018 and Georgia were because of Trump!

Trump was off the ballot in 2018 and Georgia and the Democrat perform to expectations. Trump was on the ballot in 2016 and 2020 and Democrats performed below expectations. Why do you think that is?

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

https://twitter.com/MengsMullet/status/1359034386264567808

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Xeybozn posted...

Yes, and Biden had an even bigger increase in votes compared to Obama. Trump is more popular with conservatives than any other Republican, but the increased turnout for his opponents more than cancels that out among the general population.

Yeah, that's my point. His argument is that "actually, Trump is less popular than Republicans" even though we literally saw how taking Trump off the ballot changed election results in 2018 and the two runoffs. In years where Trump was on the ballot, general GOP overperformed polling. In elections that he wasn't, polling was generally dead-on (remember polling showed Ossoff and Warnock leading heading into the runoffs).

Remember that the Dems had a 75% chance of taking the senate heading into 2020 and they didn't, and needed two runoffs just for a tie, and that Trump himself outperformed in potential flip opportunities (Florida) and even kept things close in states Biden needed to win to win the election (Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin).

So yeah, I don't buy the idea that GOP candidates are stronger than Trump.

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Lightning Strikes posted...

...I mean of course the Presidential candidate is going to be easily the most popular individual.

Trump polled ridiculously well with Republicans, above and beyond most recent GOP figures. Even at his worst he was routinely polling in the 90% range.

Lightning Strikes posted...

Though you should also consider that Trump got a lower percentage of the vote than Mitt Romney, twice.

He got 14 million more votes than Romney. The fact alone that he led to a 25% increase in voter turnout for his party should give you an idea of how popular he was along conservatives.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-biden/after-years-shrugging-trumps-lack-interest-working-democrats-press-suddenly-cares-about

Just a reminder that the so-called "liberal media" is hot garbage and I laugh every time I hear "the Dems control the media!" from conservatives.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Lightning Strikes posted...

Also, I question how much it was Biden overperforming the Democrats and how much was Trump underperforming the Republicans for the second time in a row.

Considering Trump is by far the most popular Republican, I doubt it was "Trump underperformed Republicans."

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

And with that, I finishing Awakening in about 10 hours and I decided to clean up Witch Hunt which took an hour.

My general feelings are that Awakening is an amazing concept that needed to be bigger than a DLC, and unfortunately a lot of important plot points are rushed through in the final minutes of the game (like the Architect starting the most recent Blight, or who the fuck even is Utha). When I heard the DLC was supposedly 25 hours I felt like that was pretty good length and figured that even if I went through it a little faster than expected, I'd still be done in about 15 hours at the soonest. But to see stuff like saving Amaranthine take less than 20 minutes and quickly moving on to the final dungeon, it felt so... small. Like for all the knocks against DA2 for the lack of areas and reused dungeons, the game never felt as utterly small as Awakening did in key moments. Especially for such a grandiose idea (intelligent Darkspawn).

The Architect was great. The Mother, as horrifying as she was to look at, was pretty dull and I wish we had gotten more from her beyond the two cutscenes before the final encounter. I actually let the one disciple go which I think caused more problems than I expected (with him spreading the taint). Also, I left behind Anders, Oghren, and Justice at Vigil's Keep and for whatever reason the codex said they were dead (which made me think "uh oh, I've created a plot hole") but they showed up as alive in the epilogue.

But now I'm ready to start DA2. I'm thinking I'm gonna go with the single big-ass sword swinging warrior.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

He's not the GOAT until he defeats Eli Manning.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

The Kansas City Thiefs (of my day off).

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

I don't think it worked on Biden since he actually won and outperformed the Dems as a whole.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

So it looks like I'm actually into the endgame only 9 hours into it, which honestly for DLC seems like just about the right length but at the same time considering it introduces so many characters, I feel like I've barely gotten to know any of them. Like I was introduced to the Architect a couple of hours into the game and haven't seen him since, and it seems like poor plot telling if we don't know who he is or his motivations so late into the game.

I really have no feelings on any of the characters, Justice seems like he could have been the most interesting but he's also literally the last character I recruited. The game did seem like it wanted me to get get Kristoff first.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

So I'm experimenting a bit with the classes in DA2, and I'm not sure if I wanna go Mage or two-handed Warrior. Mage definitely is more viscerally fun than it was in Origins, but still I like getting up and close in the scrum.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

It really sucks that the Pistons started tanking now that lottery odds are flattened.

I fear getting that #5 pick.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Nope.

Do not like the Children and the talking broodmother. Do not like.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Testing some mods in DA2. Still need to finish Awakening first.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Seanchan posted...

It's been a few years since I played but wasn't Miranda designed (in the in game fiction) to be "perfect"?

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Hence the term "At-Will Employee."

So long as there's no definitive discrimination based on gender/race/religion etc then they can dismiss you for any reason.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

tcaz2 posted...

Nobody is suggesting Miranda's only worth is her ass,

The "no ass, no buy" people sure are.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

The Utility Man posted...

the history of the word has absolutely nothing to do with viewing women sexually or wanting to see them in a sexual way.

This is fundamentally not true. The idea that women are just sex objects created for pleasing men is a core tenet of misogyny. That's part of why they view them as inferior.

Why do you think PUA often self-identify as misogynists?

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

The Utility Man posted...

Doesn't that technically mean having a disdain or hatred for women? If that's the case, wanting more female butt shots would not be misogynistic.

Misogyny (/msdni/) is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It enforces sexism by punishing those who reject an inferior status for women and rewarding those who accept it. Misogyny manifests in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of women, disenfranchisement of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

"Gamers are not misogynist, don't stereotype us!"
"Hey we decided to eliminate some scenes that have unnecessary close ups of a female character's butt."
"Game ruined! No way I'm buying it now, enjoy your loss of sales, BioWare!"

Like, c'mon.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

I think it was the Little Caesar's I had.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Threw up 4 times, including twice in the car because the snow prevented me from pulling over.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

If he was a sith, would he be Darth Marth?

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

DeepsPraw posted...

Shaggy - It Wasn't Me

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

PrinceKaro posted...

one step closer to the crash

one step further from the ass

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

SEAN HANNITY: Alright, so, apparently everybody uses the word fight fight fight" -- not just Donald Trump.

And apparently if we're gonna define insurrection as marching peacefully and patriotically to let your voices be heard" -- well, I would say all these Democrats we keep playing are a lot more -- a lot -- they are far more guilty of insurrection than Donald Trump.

Oh, so THAT'S why the Senate will acquit Trump. It's actually the Democrat's fault.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.

Looks like Cesaro is re-signing.

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TheRock ~ I had a name, my father called me Blues.