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8-bit_Biceps posted...

They don't factor in the likelihood that someone will not complete the test because they will run off with the gold and silver balls to sell them. Do I have the highest IQ?

I have the best IQ in the history of IQs, maybe ever. That I can tell ya.

masterbarf posted...

There are three situations in which you pick a gold ball first. Two of those three situations leave another gold ball in the same box.

Pretty much. It's more likely that you've picked the first box since it contains two gold balls.

Since the secret's out, here's the Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%27s_box_paradox

I had to look up the answer. Interesting. I won't spoil it.

Looking it jogged my memory; I *have* seen it before. It must have been a while back since I got it wrong.

I had no idea these subs existed (well, it's more that I never really thought about their potential existence) until the Musk 'pedo' controversy. Someone pointed out a few topics where they were vehemently defending Musk.

The easiest choice in the game:

I believe that's a real post, because no-one could make that shit up if they tried.

inb4"Capitalism = freedom. It's just people making voluntary transactions. What you're talking about is crony capitalism, which is not capitalism."

Nice. It was a great looking game at the time, so there's no surprise here that 1080p looks amazing on Dolphin.

It's the only gen I haven't played, but it definitely seems like my kind of thing. The PWT looks amazing. It has a lot of nice touches too, like infinite TMs (the first gen to introduce it), Audino, the difficulty modes, Medals, etc.

Gens 6 and 7 are alright, but they lack too much, especially in the post-game.

Always was more of a Claire fan myself.

The NYT one definitely comes across that way. It's not blatant "homosexuality is corrupting the youth" type homophobia, but it's poking fun with an over-the-top caricature.

Also, I'm a lefty that can't stand Trump (as are many dunking on the NYT for this), so Caution can do one.

~$900 million I think was the figure that was banded around at the time in the news, so presumably, yes. Well, I don't know about the "cash" part. I doubt that.

Also, remember that story about Apple paying Samsung with coins?

Orthopox12 posted...

What American tv shows do u guys get?

Most of the popular stuff pretty much. We get the big HBO shows (GoT, Westworld, Sharp Objects, etc.) on Sky Atlantic, for example. We get a UK version of FOX (with American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Family Guy and shit like that). Other channels occasionally pick up other shows (Homeland, Lethal Weapon, etc.). Then of course there's Netflix and Amazon Prime.

That's just a small selection from memory.

What about economically productive neo-Nazis?

apolloooo posted...

Ultima underworld

BlueBoy675 posted...

Metroid

DeadSite posted...

WoW literally changed the world

Those. Fuck OP's aversion to PC gaming. You can't really separate it from console gaming in terms of influence, especially nowadays when many traditionally PC-centric genres are popular on consoles.

Ultima Underworld basically influenced "immersive sims" (and other games), from System Shock / 2 to Deus Ex to BioShock to The Elder Scrolls (and arguably BotW, at least indirectly), and many others. Allegedly it even influenced the graphics in Catacomb 3-D (a precursor to Wolfenstein 3D and of course Doom). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Underworld:_The_Stygian_Abyss#Legacy

Metroid pretty much goes without saying, inspiring greats like Super Metroid and SotN, and more recent indie Metroidvanias like Cave Story, Guacamelee!, etc.

WoW changed MMOs and gaming more generally, whether its influence was positive or negative.

BB mofo posted...

What was the appeal of the sitcom "Keeping up Appearances"?

Why did it survive multiple series and two Roses?

Maybe I'm missing the humor as a United States citizen, but it seemed like the same lousy joke told over and over again.

Can't say I've watched it (much). I'm more of an Only Fools fan.

According to the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances):

The sitcom follows Hyacinth in her attempts to prove her social superiority, and to gain standing with those she considers upper class. Her attempts are constantly hampered by her lower class extended family, whom she is desperate to hide. Much of the humour comes from the conflict between Hyacinth's vision of herself, and the reality of her underclass background. In each episode, she lands in a farcical situation as she battles to protect her social credibility.

Also, I didn't realize this:

Keeping Up Appearances was a great success in the UK, and also captured large audiences in the US, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands. By February 2016, it had been sold nearly 1,000 times to overseas broadcasters, making it BBC Worldwide's most exported television programme.

All since 98 also I think.

I remember Senegal surprising France in that one (wait, maybe that was another year).

Seems like 2002 was the Senegal one. France finished bottom of their group lol.

I did watch 98, but I was quite young (10).

wtf i love trump now

But yeah, this is dumb. Of all the things you can criticize Trump for, not bowing in front of a monarch is somewhere near the bottom. Good on him, if anything.

Although, I doubt Trump deliberately did it to say "down with the monarchy!" or anything. It's just another "blunder" of his.

I had France winning the competition right from the beginning, so naturally I think they will win.

I don't really *want* either to win. Don't care who does.

Crepes posted...

I'm happy to debate you on each and every one of those points once you provide a respectable source for each one.

I can make a start (on whether the UK is the worst in the first-world).

1. Knife crime is an issue (a very specific one), but if you look the murder rate and violent crime generally, the UK has nothing on the US.
2. Can't argue with that.
3. Technically true, but it's never been used since 1707. It's effectively useless.
4. The House of Commons has supremacy over the House of Lords in legislative matters.
5. The US doesn't even have UHC, so the UK can't really be worse in this regard (your assumption seems to be that UHC is desirable, which I agree with). I'm not going to downplay the Tory attempts to privatize it through the back door. Fuck them.
6. It's not as if this is purely a negative thing, plus it's supported by the public, who obviously think it's worth having (no, this isn't the same as the public supporting genocide, for example, which is clearly bad). Sporting rifles and shotguns (e.g. for farmers) are allowed with a license. Our gun crime rate is tiny (not necessarily because of gun control admittedly, but it seems sensible to assume it has some effect), especially in comparison to the US's.
7. Yeah, there is an issue with going after people posting on social media (although how many have actually been jailed for their opinions I'm not sure). Tommy Robinson's situation is completely different (and justified) though: https://thesecretbarrister.com/2018/05/25/what-has-happened-to-poor-tommy-robinson/ As for "literal thought crime", we don't have that. I'm being pedantic there with your use of "literal" to be fair.
8. Source? I remember there being something like this in the Labour party (something to do with all-women shortlists), but not an actual government agency. Maybe on a gender equality committee or something. Even so, I'm not sure it's the dystopian nightmare it's being made out as. I can see the downsides, absolutely.
9. Is this terrorism laws you're talking about? Or detention of migrants? Either way, I agree it's an issue, although the US does similar or worse.
10. Yeah, this is definitely an issue (Snoopers' Charter, Digital Economy, etc.). The Tories (and Labour really) don't have a clue about technology.
11. Some hardline Brexiters want this, but they're a minority in government, thankfully. If it comes to pass, then you can hold it over us. Also, the UK was instrumental in drafting these rights, which is why I find it funny when Brexiters argue that we can have our own, better Great British rights (as if)!

I agree with many of these as a point of principle (e.g. I'm against the monarchy and HoL), but in practice, they aren't all as insidious as you say (or unique to the UK in the first world). I'm not saying we shouldn't care, just that we should put things in perspective (for *some* of the above, not the ones I admitted were a problem).

Then one could make a similar list for the US and other countries. For example, I'd say having the largest prison population per capita is more of an issue than almost anything in the UK.

So, I disagree with the UK being the most dystopian first-world country (although we are up there admittedly). We have our issues, like all (first-world) countries.

I'm against it personally. We hardly trust the government to fill in potholes, and the death penalty is obviously a much bigger responsibility than that. It's irreversible, unlike prison (although obviously being locked up wrongfully is terrible too). As Zikten said, we know (to a reasonable degree of certainty) that innocent people have been executed.

Maybe we could only do it in cases where it's certain that the person in question committed a heinous crime, but I think that's harder than it seems to do in practice and still wouldn't be totally fool-proof / abuse-proof.

What's the evidence on it being a deterrent? I think I looked into that once, but I don't recall finding any unbiased, quality research.

Also, I've always wondered if the death penalty might even contribute to crime (e.g. vigilantism). It normalizes violence, vengeance, dehumanization, etc. (although a few things do to be fair). Some say video games (and other media) cause violence, but what exactly does the death penalty say to people? One is fictional and one is real. Maybe I'm going a bit far with that, but it's an interesting thing to think about.

Clearly a D.

Critics certainly have their flaws (and I often disagree with them), but gamers can be the most reactionary babies at times. Not to mention that user reviews are (more) susceptible to manipulation, e.g. people (or bots) spamming 1-star reviews because of one specific issue they have with the game. It could be a perfectly good game otherwise. "review bombing" can be such a problem that services like Steam have introduced measures to try and make clear when it's happened at the very least.

There are probably some that think this for Final Fantasy VIII (and XIII or XV I guess). I personally enjoy it despite the flaws. The greatness of the soundtrack we can pretty much all agree on though.

C, D, C.

At least, the (UK) Conservative party doesn't get much of a look in here (Glasgow). It's the SNP and Labour all the way.

I have a lot of Indian and Pakistani neighbours, but the overall area is predominantly white.

I've known about this for a while, but never actually tried it. Well, I did try on Dolphin and the graphics were fucked due to some emulation issue. I'll need to get my GameCube out and try it with my Action Replay (assuming it works that way).

DonnyTlk2Russia posted...

Do you mean Tony Blair? LMAO

Presumably they're talking about the Liberal Democrats, who were in coalition with the Tories from 2010 to 2015.

Nothing much in the immediate future. Including games we don't know much about / that are a way off:

Cyberpunk 2077
Metroid Prime 4
Shin Megami Tensei V
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Pokemon (Switch)
Red Dead Redemption 2

And I guess the Tales of Vesperia remaster, seeing as I missed out the first time round (my 360 stopped reading discs).

Brazil certainly were traditionally, with Germany / West Germany and Italy not far behind.

Nowadays, I'm not sure there is really a standout nation. Spain dominated for a bit there (IIRC they won Euros - World Cup - Euros), but apart from that, there's been a real mix of nations winning the World Cup recently.

I was expecting this: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/07/3-arguments-against-socialism-and-why-they-fail

Catholics support Celtic and protestants support that other team. :)

Yes. No. I live in Glasgow, so it's not surprising.

I went to Catholic schools and did all the usual sacraments (baptism, communion, confirmation, etc.). At primary school, there was a church literally a few feet away, so we occasionally had mass there. At secondary school, we just had mass in school (but less often). Then there was all the other shit like Ash Wednesday.

At home, my parents weren't really that into religion honestly. They consider themselves Catholic, but haven't really participated for years. They don't really care about my religious views tbqh. I became an atheist on my own pretty much. There wasn't anything major to put me off the religion or anything.

Shuto-uke posted...

I'm catholic.

You love cats? :P

Gotta be Mega Man for me. It's pretty amazing what Capcom did with the limitations of the sound chip, especially in 2 and 3. MM2 especially has a GOAT soundtrack, but all of them are at least good.

Antifar posted...

Belgium is really good!

Yep. They currently have a "golden generation" of players. Hazard and De Bruyne are two of the best attacking players in the world, Lukaka is a great striker on his day, Courtois is a fantastic goalkeeper, Vertonghen, Kompany and Alderweireld are great defenders, then you have Mertens, Witsel, etc.

I'd even say that Belgium are better than Brazil on paper at the moment. In terms of the individual players at least.

Gen 4 was the first I was around for the entirety of, and participated in at the time, so that. I did play earlier consoles, but after they'd been around for a bit.

ColdOne666 posted...

Also how on earth do you not have PS1 and PS2 as examples.

Ninty fanboyism: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/76767370

Strangely there are big Nintendo consoles missing too though. :P

Even if you do end up with a benevolent dictator (doubt it), they can't rule forever. When they eventually go, there'll be plenty wanting to fill the void, and they certainly won't all have good intentions. Not that I think even a benevolent dictator would be a good thing. How do you even measure that before they're in power anyway? Once they're in and enacting their agenda you might be able to, but by then it's too late.

REMercsChamp posted...

Instead, we need someone to say 'look, you're getting paid $50 for the week. end of story'. And if he doesn't like it there's a spot in prison with his name on it

Arbeit Macht Frei

Also, this whole topic has to be a troll to "expose the libs" or some such.

Oh, it's Sunhawk.

I hear that JRPG claim a lot (usually from those that have little experience of the PS1), but I think it's a pretty big misconception. The PS1 featured many genres (some extensively so); JRPGs, yes, but also platformers (Spyro, Crash, Oddworld, Tomba!), racers (Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, Wipeout), fighters (Tekken, Street Fighter / Marvel vs. X, Soul Blade), survival horror games (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Fear Effect), stealth (Metal Gear Solid, Tenchu), strategy (Command & Conquer), 2D (SotN, Mega Man X), sports (Tony Hawks), even FPS (Medal of Honor), etc. That's just some of the obvious stuff.

You can argue all day about the quality (few will argue about the graphics, but that's certainly not unique to the PS1 in that gen, plus some games managed to buck that trend), but I would argue that the games mentioned above are *at least* good, some great (MGS, SotN and Tekken 3 at the very least).

UnfairRepresent posted...

one thing that people forget is that a lot of Jews fought FOR Germany in WW1.

Only to be round up and killed for their service

That reminds me a bit of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth

I haven't played Gen 5 yet (but it does sound like something I'd enjoy). Otherwise, I agree.

The good thing about Gen 4 and B2/W2 is that they have a good combination of features and content (post-game, moves and Pokemon). Everything after that lacks post-game content and everything before it lacks moves/Pokemon and features like the Physical/Special split.

Gens 1 and 2 were my favorites *at the time*, but now, other gens have made improvements/additions that I find it hard to go without (plus you have the remakes of course). I only go back for the interesting glitches in Gen 1.

Also, I think Gen 4 (and probably 5) are the most difficult (which isn't saying much). Cynthia puts up a good fight (and the Gym Leaders to a lesser extent).

Generally on those fucking annoying roaming Legendaries.

Shadowrun (SNES) (first playthrough)
Water

It's tough being Scottish. Heroic failure every time. :P

I thought it was going to be this shit:

https://twitter.com/lukeoneil47/status/1010233994611392513

Also the autographs. Couldn't make it up.

He's is, yeah. The Game Sack guys are pretty chill too.

OoT is where it's at. inb4overrated

solosnake posted...

Symphony of the Night is the pinnacle, hasnt been topped

SotN has better music, graphics and combat, but I think SM has far better level design. SM gives you greater scope for doing things out of order and Samus' abilities are more versatile than Alucard's Relics (e.g. the different things you can do with the Speed Booster). I appreciate that not everyone cares about sequence breaks, speedrunning, etc., but SM is set up almost perfectly for that. I think that's why it has had such longevity.

It's more or less tied with Prime for me.

Prime has the better graphics, music/sound and atmosphere/immersion, while Super probably has better level design and is more open-ended. Prime is pretty damn open-ended itself though, at least if you include glitches / sequence breaks. Control-wise, neither is perfect. Super is certainly more conventional, and platforming / movement work better in 2D. Prime translated those things into 3D / first-person as well as it probably could though.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

The thrill of the drop is probably one of the most addicting part of the game.

Definitely. And don't forget those crafts too! And gambled/shopped items!

I particularly enjoy crafting Caster amulets. I've made some pretty good ones in SP (and online previously).

Veggeta_MAX posted...

I dunno if anyone plays Classic, though. I'm playing LoD.

I've never played it exclusively, but I have played it to generate a bit of wealth for LoD. I made an Iratha's Sorc and did quest bugged Mephi runs for rares. Good rares in classic (e.g. 30/20 Prismatic (All Res) shields) can trade for a pretty penny (especially early in the Ladder season), and aren't *that* rare. I traded them for fg on d2jsp.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

It really is. Adding runes and runewords really made the game what it is.

Many will say 1.09 (and earlier) was the golden age. Runes and RWs existed then of course, but they didn't become what they are until 1.10.

I didn't play too much before 1.10, so I can't comment on that.

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

The great part about 2 is that there are items that a viable throughout the entire game. (or were) and power creep hadn't ruined everything. Sets were nice but kinda sucked which I thought was perfect.
I miss games where maybe an item that's half your level is still viable. Shaftstop/vamps days were glorious.

That's where Diablo III got things wrong for me, in the early days at least (haven't played since then). It tied success too closely to weapon damage, armor rating and primary stats, to the point where only end-game items would suffice.

In D2, weapon damage only really matters for physical characters and has no bearing on casters. Other modifiers besides damage are the order of the day (+skills, FCR, resistances, etc.), and they're available from about the mid-game onwards. Higher level items might be better (not always), but middle of the road stuff can be viable too.

Similarly for armor, the Defense rating isn't crucial. It helps (especially for Barbs and Paladins that can boost it high), but other modifiers are usually more important.

Items are also relatively class-agnostic in D2. A good sword for one physical attacker is generally good for them all (even if it's not ideal), for example. That goes doubly for caster items.

That reminds me of this image:
https://imgur.com/e99D6hJ

It's a bit biased, but it does make some good points.

I haven't played online for a number of years now (it was always on Ladder when it existed). I just stick to single player since I can't be bothered starting from scratch and enjoy some of the advantages (the "players" command, easy transferring of items, no lag or anti-bot measures, etc.).

I started back a couple of months ago myself, but I've burned myself out (as I often do). I've built up a nice collection of (self-found) stuff, particularly Runes / Rune Words. I recently did around 3k Lower Kurast runs and found 4x Vex, 2x Ohm, 3x Lo and 5x Sur. I also found a separate Jah, Ber and Vex. With those, I made Enigma, Faith, Forti, CoH, 2x Hoto, CtA and a couple of Griefs, with runes to spare.

I *may* start back on Ladder if I can be bothered. Online does have its advantages too of course, particularly the community aspect and the authenticity of items (self-finding shit on SP doesn't impress anyone since they think you just used Hero Editor). Some items just have to be traded for.

Balrog0 posted...

Tbf, we do allow insurers to charge old people more than young people for this reason.

It makes sense I suppose. I live in the UK, so I don't really come across this fortunately. We do have health insurance for people that want it, but there's the NHS to fall back on. Although healthcare and social care are different beasts.

inb4theNHSisfailing