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red sox 777 posted...

Hmm, if we start with the 2016 map and give Biden Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona, while everything else stays the same, we end up with a 269-269 tie. In which case the House delegations vote by state, with each state getting one vote, which should be a Trump win.

i've mentioned as such in a couple of the politics topics! either what you described OR giving biden only michigan and pennsylvania could result in a tie.

However, a few scenarios would happen before we see a true tie that goes to the house delegates.

One - the special districts in maine and nebraska have to vote just so for it to work, which polling suggests they are not poised to.

Two - there have to be zero faithless electors. If it is really looking that close, it's hard to imagine someone not pulling some strings, or even for some individuals to decide they have a responsibility to vote faithlessly. This works in combination with:

Three- if it's that close, trump will delay the process as much as possible and declare it fraudulent. he's stated as such. This will give more time to pressure, harrass, and cajole electors, murky the waters, or attempt to rule by inertia. Possibly attempting to invoke a house delegate vote even if the votes don't perfectly match

There were quite a few faithless electors in 2016- granted, more protest votes than flips- so there is some precedent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector#2016

Granted, all of this is moot. As time goes on it seems more and more likely that all four states (michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, AND arizona) will vote biden, giving him a decisive victory. Even if it's not an exact tie, the most common scenario is that it will be a complete shitshow of delays, obfuscation, and elector manipulation

i think the only way we get out of this swiftly is if florida votes decisively for biden. this is because mail-in ballots are counted on election day. polls give him a 2 point lead there, but that's very much within the margin of error

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Q.U.B.E. 2 (PC)

they gave it a little more character than the first game. worth playing if you like the first-person-puzzle genre

witness > portal > qube > talos

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Evillordexdeath posted...

Here's my understanding of the first game's story, from the few missions I've played and what I know outside the game: Starcraft is set in an alt-history universe where the Conderacy won the U.S. Civil War and went on to become a globe-dominating superpower.

As someone who hungrily devoured the lore booklet that came with sc1 as a kid, this hurts me

Well done, and keep it up!

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We Were Here Together (PC)

having only one bs puzzle in the entire game means this is a pretty good experience

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do you all ever completely misinterpret what the art on cards is supposed to be of? particularly when you've only seen them from across the table? today i learned that, according to my brain

Hired Poisoner was a snake
Fervent Champion was a riding a beetle, not a horse

there have to be a bunch more that i'm not aware of


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A Short Hike (PC) was free and a friend recommended it

it was fun to explore, not going to get wound up trying to hunt some of the side events

the ending was pretty abrupt!

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what a hilariously late ban. can't say i hate it

on the other hand, i think something's wrong with me- the slurping sound my opponent's dog pets make is starting to get on my nerves

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don't harass the poor guy!

we all do useless things for fun

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Fair, next

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Jim_Tab posted...

I live in the middle with the sane people where we don't think a cop shooting a person shooting at them is murder or that COVID isn't real.

By that definition both sides are sane, because neither side believes either thing you listed

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Plainclothes police are picking people up on the road in moving unmarked cars and arresting them without reading them their rights.

Seems simple enough to me, just straight up kidnapping.

As I've said: the police situation is a bigger issue than Covid.

Not just police, now it's apparently federal agents without permission from the local governments

https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-mayor-demands-trump-keep-federal-agents-in-your-own-buildings-or-have-them-leave-our-city

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super mario 64

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shipwreck and bmz look the most interesting to me. which look most interesting to you?

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Unfortunately, there are a metric ton of games that are competent, but ultimately unremarkable.

They'll scratch the itch (or addiction) if you want a particular genre or experience. I used to only buy maybe 2 or 3 critically acclaimed games a year, so every experience would stand out. Unfortunately, a friend got me playing more, and then subscription services caught me.

By this point, I've played way more games than I can remember, and maybe only 10% of them are worth talking about

The solution to enhance my life was to branch out into other hobbies

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davidponte posted...

You coud have gone with a hundred different examples to try and dunk on everyone, yet went with one that doesn't make any sense in the context of what people are talking about.

i want to troll you so hard for this comment but i'll just leave it here for posterity

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starcraft

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Weight: just under 470 lbs
Height: 3'7"

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Nanis23 posted...

So I can stop checking the Uplay every few hours hoping that somehow Watch Dogs 2 will appear in my game list?
I registered to that thing and..nothing..more than 24 hours later

ah damn, why did you have to remind me?

i don't even want wd2, but now i'm disappointed that it hasn't shown up yet

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Mass effect

Specifically mass effect 2

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Yeah, you're not allowed to criticize world of warcraft unless you've beaten the final raid boss

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this was a befuddling title. the middle east is a place, not a time period!

ah, you explain relatively quickly. You used to live there. cool! will watch

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Re6 is a lot of fun in co op

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Twilight Princess, for some reason

followed by No Man's Sky

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this is super interesting.

WoW was objectively the most significant MMO- the only competition would be everquest. WoW has also been the highest quality MMO over the course of its lifespan. The one thing FFXIV wins in is player housing.

I think this poll goes to show what is unique about the board 8 community

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i fear dead

aging is just a prelude

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ah, i see it's ironic. they said subdeity was 'non troll' and he ended up being terrible. i wonder what it says about the troll conservatives on the board!

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Corrik7 posted...

Read the wiki article first line he quoted in post 1 lol.

you're going to have to define your pronouns here

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corrik, what are you talking about?

did you read a single quote from the article?

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That settles it, then! The username definitely rings a bell, but I don't think I ever interacted with them

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stupid question- how do we know Blake Neff is SubDeity?

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NFUN posted...

that isn't how evolution works

how do you think i was saying evolution worked? i think maybe you're misinterpreting me!

it's very often that a descendant species replaces their ancestor species. there are penty of exceptions- like sharks, sturgeons, and sponges, but it's totally within the realm of possibility for wasps to be replaced

granted, they've already been around for a very fuckin long time, that's just a comment on how long it would take for me to build up nuclear technology on my own

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it seems impossible without severe terraforming. humanity is currently doing its best to kill all mosquitoes, and it can't do that.

it'd be a real race to see whether i'd be able to kill em before they evolved into something no longer recognizable as wasps

as a side note, apparently there are a ton of different types of wasps- there are solitary as well as collective varieties

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i think implementing this sort of thing is fairly trivial, but making it meaningful isn't

i like the idea

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SantaRPidgey posted...

SephG makes a good point, this board seems to be pretty complicit in the public shaming of people for a lot tamer things than stripey's parents have said. Why shouldn't they be publicly shamed the same as someone who posts a picture of a watermelon

Don't put words in his mouth

If you want to make a point yourself, go for it. But I'm gonna guess you won't go into specifics

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skullbone posted...

I'd really love to peak behind the curtain of these sorts of bundles and deals because I'm curious why they decided to change the whole system.

I seriously doubt this new system where they reveal all of the games is more popular than the old system so what else could be the reason? The old system relied on the headliners being of a certain quality and now that they've run out of headliners they might as well show the whole bundle maybe?

A few years ago i was a sometimes-subscriber to humble bundle. I'd buy 1 out of every 3 months. I think they had me fill out a form as to why i was canceling it each time, and I would always answer that I was only only subscribing when I felt the headliners were worth the price of admission- I didn't trust in the quality of the 'surprises'

Maybe they decided showing all of the games was more reassuring to long-time subscribers

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seph, stop

why are you picking this random slippery slope to troll on? I bet you don't even know what point you're trying to make

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actually, i'll say that this month looks a bit better than the previous few. still borderline though!

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i'm with you man, i'm on the legacy plan and am seriously considering cancelling

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Mac Arrowny posted...

A few of these things have mentioned a woman sharing a room with a man at a convention hotel. Is that really that normal? It feels like a strange thing to do if they aren't in a romantic relationship.

i think it's pretty normal if you're friends and care about money at all. maybe with the addendum that you're not a super-horny teenager

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KingButz posted...

I don't think I could name 10 N64 games that I liked

same here, but this was probably because my family didn't own an n64 until like 2004. I think my entire n64 experience (primarily at other kids' houses) consisted of

Super Mario 64
Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart 64
Star Fox 64
Super Smash Bros
Goldeneye 007
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
WWF: No Mercy


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they repeat games every once in a while

and games that have been in a bundle often go on deep discount elsewhere

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and in response to the actual question, i'm not a real lifter. i'm fine doing body weight exercises/using small weights, but i miss the pull-up bar the most

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i think he means that if this topic were perfect, it would have a 'no' option

incidentally, it's also a good release valve to allow the jokesters to vote for something that won't skew the data you really want

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iiaattgg posted...

You go to a bad gym

you go to a good gym

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iiaattgg posted...

Everyone wipes everything down and keeps their proper distance. Regular gym goers are healthier than the average person and typically have better habits in that department

This made me laugh a little. I haven't been to the gym in months, but people in my area were not amazing at this

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Absolutely. It's nice having a little online community, separate from my day to day life, loosely focused around something so trivial.

I don't have close friends on the board, but I think if i were really in trouble i could come here for help or advice.

The board has gotten on my nerves at times, but that's how every community is. The previous generation would complain about "that person" at church, or the bar, or the pottery club. At least here there's a block button.


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kobe, just from the kobe battles

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is fierce deity link basically 'link with a gun'

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thought of sephiroth first

even if that's not ultimately correct

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Please vote based on the original on-disc ending, not the free Updated Ending DLC that was added later or any of the aftermath paid DLCs.

Oh baby. They quietly patched so much into the game that helped the ending. IIRC they added lengthy sidequests with interesting lore events just to give the ending more context. pretty sure a chill reaper shows up to talk

The buildup and last hour of ME3 was absolutely amazing, excluding the final 5 minutes.

This made the ending feel even worse than it already was, similar to how you can see a dark circle in a white wall after looking away from a bright light source

So I have to give it a 2. I'm sure if I had waited 6 months for the patches to come out it would have been a 3 or 4

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