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| Topic | 16 y/o Girl said her MALE Teacher ASSAULTED her cause she's a TRUMP SUPPORTER!!! |
| aurick79 12/12/19 3:31:47 PM #12 | I have some serious doubts - why is it she wanted to make a big public event out of it but didnt want to name the teacher? It seems like the kind of thing were she doesnt want to name a teacher because if it did, if nothing actually happened, it would be slander. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | The Kanto Pokérap: Galarian Edition |
| aurick79 11/11/19 7:08:44 PM #42 | LinkPizza posted... GanonsSpirit posted...LinkPizza posted...Go make a better game if you want.PSA: "Let's see you do better" is never a good argument. By it's logic, almost nobody can criticize anything. It's a just a cheap attempt to shut down criticism. If it requires the skill to create something to criticize, then it would also require the skill to praise something - because in either case you would not be in a position to speak about it. This is an appeal to authority fallacy. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | The Kanto Pokérap: Galarian Edition |
| aurick79 11/11/19 7:03:56 PM #41 | LinkPizza posted... * I don't see why it wouldn't be complete, though. The ribbon wouldn't exist for that Pokemon, right? So, in that case, you would still have every ribbon possible with that one Pokemon. Tbh, it seems it saves you a lot of trouble. It's not complete compared to other ribbon masters. I just "chose" wrong. My mightyena can't be a ribbon master, but other ones could (Such as Sudowoodo). It just sucks. * I don't think it fixed things, but I also don't think it made things worse. My brother use to tell me about the competitive scene. And it kind of sounded boring. Not just because competitive isn't my thing. But because it sounded like most people were making the same type of team. And the same exact team, from what I heard. While limiting normally sucks, I don't mid if it gets people to make different teams. Might bring some new excitement to it, tbh. Plus, people might actually use the new pokemon instead of just bringing in their team from the previous games that they've used in every tournament so they have no new pokemon from the new game that they are playing. Like I said, this is probably one of the reasons I really like the dex cut. then we will get new teams, and they will all be the same teams. Different pokemon, same problem. People were using the new pokemon in tournaments - in USUM people were using the Tapu and the ultra beasts, as well as some of the other newer ones. they could have shaken up the tournmanet scene without having to cut the pokemon. * Is it a smaller move pool, though. I mean, in the end, you still only have a max of 24 moves (4 per pokemon, 6 pokemon per team) every battle, right? And as long as you can get the moves you want for your team, it still works. I'm not sure if that really makes it more predictable. And they may have made it so you can still breed certain pokemon with other pokemon that will give you the moves you want. It may take learning about the new pokemon, but that's part of the fun, I would think... It does make it predictable, it's an issue that happens in MTG. You have to choose 24 moves out of a pool of 1000 vs. choosing 24 moves out of a pool of 5000. Now in both cases there are bad moves, but the number of possible ones that were useful are now smaller. It makes it easier to predict your oppoents actions, especially when there are less pokemon. and I'm not sure if anybody would really be surprised by anything like that. Most of the competitive players probably know all the weird moves certain pokemon can learn. And when they see certain pokemon, know that there are certain moves which make them better. The only ones who would probably be surprised are people new to competitive. you'd be surprised, it's always been a fun MTG tournament when a player came in with the random rogue deck that had cards players knew but didn't have answers for. With less possible moves, its easier to plan for solutions. Less is bad, which is why MTG has to have new sets released every year * Which sucks, but is probably their intention. Maybe they feel like they're wasting their time when they spend all that time creating new Pokemon, but then everybody just plays with Pokemon from gen 1 or whatever. They probably want people to go on new adventures with the new Pokemon they created instead of playing with the same exact team every game. Possibly. Which makes sense. Or they can just stop making new Pokemon and keep remaking the old ones, if people don't want the new ones. What's the point of making new Pokemon if no one plays with them... People played with the new pokemon, you have to. You can't control pokemon that you aren't the original trainer for. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | The Kanto Pokérap: Galarian Edition |
| aurick79 11/11/19 8:13:30 AM #32 | LinkPizza posted...
* Ribbons are basically badges or achievemens that you earn on a pokemon. They can be from something like being a part of the team that made it all the way through the Elite 4 (main game content), Beat the Battle Tower (end game content), or do the various "Dog show" style games (Side content) - there are other things like maxing out all the special show attributes, walking so many steps with the pokemon on the team, or straight up spending $1,000,000 in game. A Ribbon Master pokemon is a single pokemon that has been taken from XD or Colloseum from game cube, brought through every generation since, and has every possible ribbon. This takes considerable time and planning since at times you have to keep it under a certain level or teach it moves to get through one show, then teach it new moves to get a different type of show. Now, with the dex cut, if your ribbon master was not one of the ones that made the cut - your ribbon master is incomplete, and can never be complete. * I disagree, while this might shake up the meta in the interim, just like with MTG it's going to fall into the same new meta. But now we are limiting people in other types of tournaments - like the tournaments that only use the pre-evolution pokemon, or tournaments that rely on certain types - it greatly reduces the pool, or in some cases make certain teams impossible (not enough dog type pokemon anymore to have a dog team). In any case, this didn't "fix" anything competitively, and in fact probably made it worse. * This actually hurts competetive. A smaller move pool of teachable moves, as well as taking away some of the moves that were unique to older generations that are no longer teachable now. This makes competetive more predictable. No longer can you see an articuno and be surprised by a heal bell (which could only be learned from previous generations) Egg moves were a surprise that you could bring into competetive, we no longer have that which even further means that "rogue tech" can't surprise meta games. * Maybe nostaliga was the wrong word, maybe "bond" is better - some people had bonded with certain pokemon and brought them forward gen after gen and are no longer able to do so, I mean think of how many people love Squirtle or Bulbasaur and now they can't use them. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | The Kanto Pokérap: Galarian Edition |
| aurick79 11/10/19 7:43:14 PM #15 | LinkPizza posted... DirtBasedSoap posted...they might not have all been catchable in-game but you could always just trade from a different version/older game if your favorite wasnt catchable. Theres a number of reasons: * Ribbon Masters (collecting ribbons from Gen 3 all the way through newest games - some of those pokemon are not available anymore - and it can be a lot of work lost) * Competitive Games (the reduced dex is like playing in a standard tournament for Magic, while the full dex is like playing in legacy/Type 1) * Breeding (When new pokemon are released, sometimes breeding with older pokemon is an efficient way to teach some of the egg moves from older pokemon) * Nostaliga (Some players just like having adventures with pokemon that they have an attachment to for whatever reason - I for example have a Mightyena named after a dog that I have since put down) --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Playing some Dead by Daylight |
| aurick79 11/04/19 8:01:55 PM #2 | He's my favorite of the killers, I know a lot of people think the pallets are great but the pools can be just as devastating when used properly. I also find him less reliant on his add-ons than others, such as the Plague He needs good perks to be best though. I'm a fan of him with Devour hope since you can teleport right after hooking so you will always get stacks. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Life is certainly ironic as you get older. |
| aurick79 11/04/19 7:49:14 PM #4 | Life is what you make of it, and the choices that brought you there. I just hit 40. My Birthday/Christmas list is full of video games and D&D stuff. I don't want people buying me boring stuff like tools for the house, and no one ever picks out clothes I actually want. To me, the memories I make when I play co-op with my buddy or when I DM my group are just as good and important as any fishing trip or sports-ball game. Even when playing single player, my friends have the same interests so we can chat about it. Not to say I have as much free time as I used to - I terribly miss entire summer vacations and admittedly I have to give up my weekends here and there for housework or family events. But if video games (and lego) are still important to you, you will find time for them. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | White Couple dressed as NATIVE AMERICANS are OUTRAGED people are OFFENDED!!! |
| aurick79 10/30/19 2:03:57 PM #30 | krazychao5 posted... aurick79 posted...People voting "no" to them not looking stupid in the poll must be joking. The the vote still should have been yes. Of course they look like idiots in their outfits. Or you know, they could have done something that made more sense for who they are and NOT looked stupid in their costumes. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | White Couple dressed as NATIVE AMERICANS are OUTRAGED people are OFFENDED!!! |
| aurick79 10/30/19 11:25:21 AM #16 | People voting "no" to them not looking stupid in the poll must be joking. Offensive or not, they look outright stupid in those costumes. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Two tacos for $6.99 or 16" two topping pizza for $8.99 |
| aurick79 10/16/19 10:42:27 PM #58 | LinkPizza posted... Maybe. But to assume because of price is still wrong. You can make something cheaper and get a lower profit. But in the end, profit is profit. Things can also be more expensive because of shipping location. My thing is I dont base quality on price. Because its just one factor. The best thing to base quality on it the food itself. Taste, health (if thats you thing), how well it keeps, etc. Id rather not eat something I think taste worse just because it cost more. I also wouldnt pay more for something when I can get the same thing for a couple bucks cheaper because its the store brand, but taste exactly the same... You can make something cheaper and still get a profit, but you get to a point where you can't make something at a certain quality and still make a profit. Other than homemade, I have never had a pizza for under $10 that I would say was "high quality" - something is always off with it: either it's too doughy (Pizza Hut), it's under seasoned (Dominos), or has a multitude of problems with it (the pizza from the 7-11). And we're starting to go all over the place. Is the topic about restaurants or food from a grocery store, since the comparisons between store band and name brand being made available in the same store is not a fair comparison to a chain brand restaurant to say a mom-pop restaurant. In a grocery store, the store brands get to ride on the advertising that the name brand does. They save money by not advertising so when they put their item on the shelf they can offer a closer quality because they have your attention right there in the store, with that price tag that's cheaper. You already went to the store. It's very different from restaurants that need to get you in the door first and aren't offering their competitors products right there. That said, I would argue there are many products where the quality of the cheaper brand is no where close to that of the name brand. Most Cereals, Boxed food (like Mac & cheese), and soda are some examples where you might as well just spend the extra buck. But we need to decide the location of where the tacos/pizza are coming from - because if we are now moving into grocery stores, we might as well get into the discussion of people cooking at home, but I think that's starting to get into moving goalposts territory --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Two tacos for $6.99 or 16" two topping pizza for $8.99 |
| aurick79 10/16/19 3:52:42 PM #35 | LinkPizza posted... Destiny posted...Mead posted...Destiny posted...Mead posted...SunWuKung420 posted...Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos. People keep adding this qualifiers on why something can be made more expensive than it should be. But there is still a baseline price based on the ingredients, overhead, and other labor costs that would be established. Then you smack a sticker on it with some celebs name or "GMO free" when it's not even food and you add to the price. Higher price may not be an indicator of High quality, but when you start going the other way it can be a very good indicator of something being lower quality because no business is going to use top of the line stuff and then sell it at a loss. edit: too the point, restaurant quality (not fast food quality) tacos with fresh ingredients can be obtained for a couple of bucks each. $6.99 might be expensive without more detail Restaurant quality (not Papa Johns or Pizza Hut quality) pizza of this size with two simple will typically goes for at least $10-$11 (ignoring any sales or promotions), around here it's typically more - all the way up to stupid prices from places like Frank Pepe. The only way to serve a pizza at $8.99 with two toppings and and that size is to cut down on overall cost. So something is giving at that point. The pizza could still be "good" or at least edible. But, odds are the tacos are going to be overall higher quality at their price point than the pizza. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Two tacos for $6.99 or 16" two topping pizza for $8.99 |
| aurick79 10/16/19 8:18:05 AM #16 | Mead posted... SunWuKung420 posted...Must be terrible pizza and amazing tacos. There's a line. Just knowing the cost of some ingredients and the cost of labor, you can tell what the quality of a $8.99 pizza will be. In that situation, it is highly unlikely that the pizza dough was freshly tossed and not just a frozen pizza crust that was massed produced to be cheaper. The tomato sauce was canned and not made fresh or seasoned by the pizzaria. At $8.99 that's likely a Domino's, Pizza Hut, Little Ceasar, etc. pizza. There is good, cheap pizza that can be had at a low price, but not $8.99 --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Autism Test |
| aurick79 10/16/19 8:12:33 AM #12 | 25, but I have been playing D&D since I was 10, of course I'm pretty good at playing games of pretend --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Navy seal vs male gymnast - who has better fitness? |
| aurick79 10/15/19 9:16:44 AM #9 | I don't think you can compare the two. I think the question implies that if we were able to say that one had the better level of fitness, they would be able to do what the other one does, but we know that to not be the case. They are different specializations and requirements. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | If you were going to a major amusement park would you get the fast pass? |
| aurick79 10/09/19 8:15:24 PM #9 | darcandkharg31 posted... Well since i'm going a major amusement park I assume I already have a couple grand to throw around so probably. guess it depends on if you consider Six Flags to be "major" - tickets aren't that horrendously priced and they charge for fast passes --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | McDonalds vs Burger King |
| aurick79 10/08/19 5:01:58 PM #20 | Burger king, when done well, is better than McDonalds... but most BKs suck --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | teen gamers > aged gamers |
| aurick79 10/07/19 6:52:35 AM #39 | I might not be eSports level of reaction, but I wasn't at that level of reaction before... But it's not like at 40 my fingers stopped working. I'm still able to play through most games on harder difficulty (like Borderlands, Bioshock, etc), still play some various PvP games (such as Dead By Daylight), and can still make it way through a good portion of "twitchy" games. The bigger thing that has changed for me is that I have less time to play video games, so i can't develop the skill in the game as quickly as people who have more time to develop skill. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | I don't think I'm ever going to lose my virginity. |
| aurick79 10/02/19 8:33:41 PM #36 | joemodda posted... aurick79 posted...Based on these two responses, I'm guessing your difficulty is rooted primarily in your personality more than anything else. If your definition of success is nothing but sex, sure taller guys have an edge. But if men can be choosy about "no fat chicks" then women can be choosy about "no short guys" But even tall guys with bad attitude aren't going to "succeed" as often as tall guys with good attitude, or even short guys with good attitude. Don't treat women as nothing but sex providing, sperm accepting, baby makers and you'll probably do better. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | I don't think I'm ever going to lose my virginity. |
| aurick79 10/02/19 1:25:53 PM #19 | Cotton_Eye_Joe posted... darcandkharg31 posted...Go to bar, get drunk, bang fat chick. Based on these two responses, I'm guessing your difficulty is rooted primarily in your personality more than anything else. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Do you use the word "intimate" to describe relations to non-people? |
| aurick79 10/02/19 1:18:37 PM #4 | Yes, why wouldn't I? The word means more than just sex (in fact it doesn't even mean sex) --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Did you know that Sugar and Carbohydrates are the SAME THING??? |
| aurick79 09/08/19 12:39:49 PM #5 | Did you know that all dietary fiber is a Carb? Did you know your body doesnt process dietary fiber, sugar, and starches the same way? Diabetics can have starches (like in Pasta) within reasons but cannot have sugary foods like soda and cakes. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Did you know that Sugar and Carbohydrates are the SAME THING??? |
| aurick79 09/08/19 12:34:04 PM #2 | what....you are wrong in so many ways. All sugars are carbs, not all carbs are sugar. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | It is oh so easy to call something "pretentious"... |
| aurick79 08/27/19 4:00:09 PM #5 | I find this post shallow and pedantic. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | What decade was the best and why |
| aurick79 08/26/19 11:30:09 AM #7 | =darcandkharg31 posted... *insert decade I grew up in* Exactly - for most people, the period that will seem the best is the one in which you had the least amount of responsibilities and most "fun" - which for most people is their formative years. Further, people can't say a decade was the best if they didn't live in it. Example: I grew up in the 80s and was in high school in the late 90s. For me its going to be a toss up between the two and "Saturday morning cartoons, sugary cereal, and NES" and "Alt Rock music, first summer job, and sneaking out to party", I can't say that the 70s was the best because I spent all of 2 months in that decade as an infant --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | If I lie about a job on a resume, what are the chances they'll check? |
| aurick79 08/24/19 9:51:33 AM #33 | If they are that specific in the experience they want you to have, then it's probably going to be very clear to them that you lied very quickly. And they want you to review documents for government work... messing up there could be a huge financial loss to them. It also seems odd to me that they want that type of experience for an internship. It's like they wanted you to intern somewhere else before you intern for them. Sounds like a way for them to get cheaper labor by calling it an internship --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | What's the difference between business casual and business professional? |
| aurick79 08/16/19 1:47:27 PM #7 | It depends entirely on the company, but in my career experience: Business Formal: Dress Shirt, Tie, Suit Jacket, Dress Pants, Dress Pants - typical colors Black, Grey, Navy Blue. Beige is typically not considered business formal. Business Casual: Nice button down shirt or Polo, no tie necessary, Kahki pants are ok but not jeans, loafers for shoes. Casual: Basically any shirt thats not a T-shirt, Jeans are allowed, sneakers that are not high tops, runners, etc are ok. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | Are that any good TCGs |
| aurick79 08/15/19 10:32:36 AM #16 | hypnox posted... funkyfritter posted...Both yugioh and mtg were never like you've described, the only thing that's really changed is your awareness of the powerful things a well-tuned deck can do. It sounds like what you really want is a game that you don't already understand and a playgroup that will collectively remain ignorant about strategies beyond what the group figures out on their own. I've played magic since Unlimited. In unlimited you could Black Lotus, Mox Ruby - sac the Lotus for 3 green mana, cast Channel with 1 mana floating, use the Ruby. Pay 19 life and cast a 20 point fireball on turn one. Was it common? No. But Turn 1 was possible. During Ice Age we had Icy Manipulator + Winter Orb + Kismet to lock your oppoenents lands down completely. The game lasted more than a few turns, but its not fun to not be able to play any cards. Alternatively, in the same era - Stasis + Kismet + Storm Cauldron = lock down of your opponent. During Urza's/Mercadian Masks we had a turn 2 win using Sneak Attack and Serra Avatar. Not to mention all the craziness with Tolarian Academy. Even a good mono-black deck with Hymn to Tourach, Hyponotic Specter, Mind Twist and the rack was pretty broken back in the day. Not much your opponent can do if on turn one you double dark ritual away most of their hand. I won a few tournaments that way back in the day. I know I'm missing a ton of old combo decks like Land's Edge or combos that just locked your opponent down. Long story short, we always had some broken decks and card combos back when magic first came out. It's actually much calmer now than it was (unless your playing vintage or modern)... people just didn't really know about most of the combos until things like The Dojo came out and "net decks" became a thing. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
| Topic | How do I play COH again!!!??!! !!!?? !!!??!!! |
| aurick79 05/23/19 2:53:10 PM #18 | I'm wondering how long this is going to last before they get hit with C&D letters. --- 3DS FC Scott 0533-5781-3558 Pokemon: Pidgey, Woobat, Rufflet |
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