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Leonhart4 posted...

where are Rondo and Antoine Walker

Rondo I have mixed feelings about, I'd rank him like 20 spots below Sam Cassell.

I don't have an emotional investment in the pause debate but it's fine. oh the phone rings or the dog pukes? that's more of a "that sucks man" and less of a "the game sucks".

Elden Ring at least does not need an easy mode

#1 Larry Bird
#2 Paul Pierce
#3 KG
#4 Jordan
#5 Bill Russell
#6 Magic
#7 Shaq
#8 Lebron James psyyyyyyych it's really Leon Powe
#9 Tommy Point
#10 maybe Jayson Tatum not sure yet

also didn't watch the game. I'll tune in for the closeout game(s) and hope Jeff Green wins.

In 10 years you'll be playing this game for the cost of the base game (and likely expansion) if you want to, a few days of predictable server hiccups isn't a bad tradeoff IMO. How many game series have truly offered as much value as Diablo?

I won't defend the always online aspect really - you should be able to make "only offline" characters. I don't really think of Diablo as an offline game so no biggie for me, but, I get it.

Shine - you missed out on the Reaper of Souls era D3, perhaps the best Diablo experience available. One year of shitty RMAH and 10 years of awesome RoS.

I never got into these games, but gave Elden Ring a shot and loved it.

Much of the loot is not random, but enemies do have random drops. There is story... but it's not a conventional narrative beat to beat format.

The appeal - for me I like open world games. Elden Ring has great exploration. I don't really love challenging games. Elden Ring has some difficult bosses but you can always level up, power up, improve your gear, etc. You can use broken builds, cheese skills, summons, etc. Streamers tend to go without summons and when they hit a boss, they wont quit until they win. No one wants to watch a streamer use Rot Breath on a boss and ride around in circles while it slowly dies :)

I'll also say that Elden Ring has a great opening segment - the tutorial cave is helpful and then the first stretch with an enemy camp helps you build up some basic skills and gauging/understanding enemies.

(actually the reason I got the game was the Joel Haver "chest high wall" video)

My 960 didnt handle the beta super well so I used this as an excuse for an upgrade

bababooey

Beat the game.

Ending: The last segments were OK to start. The sages showing up was already sorta done in BotW, so a bit underwhelming but still kinda cool. The "army" fights were a short waste of time but are probably a great test for the people who want to speedrun the game. The finale Temple Bosses will be interesting to see how people speedrun. Ganon was kinda cool but felt like I saw him too much in the phantom fights. I think this section was screaming for a diabolical gloom hands fight/element. The ridiculous life bar is a classic, loved it. The dragon fight at the end was really cool. I was fairly hype for it. I don't disagree that it went on a little long, but, that's fine. I took a pic but Koltin won't make a model :(

Temples: Rito > Gerudo > Zora > Spirit > Goron.
Rito, from the start of the Sage quest, climbing to the temple area, jumping over the storm, the ship theme, and the puzzles - very cool all around. Boss was easy but very cool.
Gerudo, I didn't love the quests but I did enjoy the actual puzzles more than most people. It was late in the game for me, I had a lot of zonai devices to try and send mirrors all over the place. I didn't really like how the heat armor/boots are in the hidden store. The gibdo nests were kinda cool. Boss fight was OK.
Zora was just fun and easy. I enjoyed it but maybe it was borderline too easy, which is saying something because I love easy stuff. Might have been my favorite temple/region but the boss fight is just boring outside of the funny running octopus.
Spirit - the limb with the lava and wheels was great. Some of the other limbs were OK. I think two of them you can just put a rocket on the container and call it a day. Boss was cool in theory but I had the shock weapon and just kept the guy stunned most of the fight.
Gerudo - fire temple was the only one I didn't enjoy. I didn't really 'get' the minecart paths but it didn't matter, I just randomly showed up at the switches. the boss was OK.

Annoying: the sages running around and having to talk to them to activate their powers.

Overall: 10/10? There's so much to the game. A lot of it became tedious but it was easy to switch to a different activity when one became boring. I think they had room for the Depths to be truly amazing but stuck with "it's dark". At first it was fun to explore but around midgame it wasn't. The sky started off promising but it was sparse and repetitive. Masterhand is awesome. The shrines are easier yet better this game. There's almost too much to TotK, but it does a good job of balancing it (aside from activating sage ghosts) I don't consider it as good as BotW.

I didnt watch - too many vidya games now

Do they have a guy that will constantly dribble the ball into his dick and get a Supermax contract

I logged in easily but yeah had to also update drivers. I got a new laptop after the beta so its not unexpected I guess

Probably starting Necro but i imagine it will be hard to get logged in

Id also say a lot of older songs feature instruments being put to either side to keep everything clear. Once you listen for it it can be hard to ignore it haha. Check out Here Comes The Sun for instance.

(Space Oddity uses it super well though)

Space Oddity

Cant wait. And if it sucks theyll fix it with an expansion :)

Purple Rain
When Doves Cry
Let's Go Crazy - My memory of this song held it in higher regards than the listen-throughs for this topic.
Take Me With U
I Would Die 4 U
Darling Nikki
Baby I'm A Star
The Beautiful Ones
Computer Blue

Heat in 6

Ah well

thinking 45 for Butler tonight

30 free throws because Mazula cant figure out how to avoid the switch onto Horford

Not a great week for me to watch live but will catch up afterwards on the stuff I want to see

Too geeked up to sleep

Sometimes trying not to lose makes you lose

JB with the shade

i cant imagine a more predictable outcome with that offensive scheme.

The Miami Butler jumps into big men offense is working wonders too

Ugh

That three was too wide open

The Mazula time wasting special never works

I thought people liked Jedi Survivor

Ugh what a shame

Wait til you see tonights stink bomb from the Celtics

TheSultanOfSlam posted...

I was trying to save it for champs purposes. But lost half of it anyways oh well.

i assume they make it to GMUNs site

This off-season is going to be painful

Did the Rito quest stuff.

I feel like meeting up with Tulin through the completion of the wind temple is almost like one king dungeon. I liked the whole approach - the ship itself is easy enough, though fun. The boss was sweet - glad to have a real Zelda dungeon boss again.

neonreaper posted...

Please let Miami just sweep this

whoa were half way there

Beat LA!

Lebron getting light contact (if any) and flailing halfway across the court and diving into the first row. Come on man!

Steiner posted...

we spend just as many weeks in school I'm pretty sure

in America its 180 in-school days and I think you guys have 190. And its probably more like 179 for us because we have active shooter training for the kids.

Please let Miami just sweep this

Yeah you can't campaign for MVP for years and then blame teammates when you have a terrible game 7. imo Philly's roster is close but probably need a couple of upgrades on their rotation/bench. I had read the article with Rivers and Harden complaining about foul calls, and became very optimistic yesterday. Especially with the Celtics starting double bigs again.

(that said I'd be OK to see White starting a few games against Miami)

Leonhart4 posted...

The best of the West is better than the best of the East but the East is better top to bottom

I think I feel the opposite, though the top East teams have/had some really bad coaches.

I don't think Miami matches up well against LAL, but with neutral refs I think everything else is a tossup.

Race to the Sea
Dreadnought -
Lady of the Dark
Christmas Truce - I assume this will be the winner, it's fairly accessible and stands apart from much of the album.
Soldier of Heaven
Hellfighters
The Unkillable Soldier
The Valley of Death
Sarajevo
Stormtroopers
Versailles

I like other Sabaton albums a bit more but I have a soft spot in my heart for their stuff. There's nothing here that really stands out as "this is the song everyone is gonna like" so I'm curious to see what the rankings are. In a vacuum I would guess Christmas Truce and Lady of the Dark are the top 2.

Narrators - I'm so glad they decided to make a version of the album without one (for the most part). I don't really get why bands spend time on this stuff aside from maybe a live version.

Gravity Kills > KMFDM > Darkest Days

loved GK back in the day

Lightning storm so I have to stop playing for ten minutes - not sure why they kept this

Denver should but if LA is getting to the line 42 times then it aint happening. The last few months have been obvious and stupid ugh

Bostons season was done game 1 of this series imo

The real answer (for me) is youve been bringing it up a lot, it must really be bothering you. Whats up with that - you ok?

Not saying its the right approach but its what I would do.

and honestly why do you think that guy bounced?

Chaeix posted...

good advice darkx and kenri, ty

why settle for merely good advice

Be the rebound guy and then break up with her