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wolfy42 09/22/20 10:17:02 AM #451:	The Wave Master posted... It's a big bold move, but we won't see the results until 2023 or 2024, well into this upcoming console generation. It's an arms race, and I'm proud of Microsoft for loading up their guns and firing a shot. I'm not an xbox fan, but PC is my prefered gaming source. If microsoft releases everything decent for pc that it releases on Xbox (Whatever the new one is), I think the xbox will die. I would not even buy a new xbox (didn't get the last one) for a new fallout game at this point, and I'm pretty sure fallout/ES games will come to PC as well (Even if delayed). PS5 has the advantage of well, being basically free for me, or I would probably not get one for years. I can sell my pro + a bunch of games (20 something of them including a bunch worth 20+) and basically flat out cover the cost of a digital PS5 (which means I can play demon souls at launch. Thing is of those games, I have not played almost all of them, and that includes my physical copy of bloodborne (Which I have not finished nor played the DLC which I own yet). I may end up waiting anyway so I have more time to actually try and play them, instead of trading in almost 20 games (spiderman/ratchet and clank/odyssey/dragon quest builders/persona 5 etc) that I have not played yet. But yeah, not really worried by microsoft buying out Beth cause.....it may even just mean I can try the games for $10 on gamepass in the future instead of buying crap on launch (fallout 76...although I heard it's better now, I need to try it out again sometime soon). --- Tacobot 3000 "Saving the world from not having tacos." Glowing Elephant "Stonehedge was a sex thing." <cite>wolfy42 posted [p:944937319] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>It's a big bold move, but we won't see the results until 2023 or 2024, well into this upcoming console generation. It's an arms race, and I'm proud of Microsoft for loading up their guns and firing a shot.</quote> I'm not an xbox fan, but PC is my prefered gaming source. If microsoft releases everything decent for pc that it releases on Xbox (Whatever the new one is), I think the xbox will die. I would not even buy a new xbox (didn't get the last one) for a new fallout game at this point, and I'm pretty sure fallout/ES games will come to PC as well (Even if delayed). PS5 has the advantage of well, being basically free for me, or I would probably not get one for years. I can sell my pro + a bunch of games (20 something of them including a bunch worth 20+) and basically flat out cover the cost of a digital PS5 (which means I can play demon souls at launch. Thing is of those games, I have not played almost all of them, and that includes my physical copy of bloodborne (Which I have not finished nor played the DLC which I own yet). I may end up waiting anyway so I have more time to actually try and play them, instead of trading in almost 20 games (spiderman/ratchet and clank/odyssey/dragon quest builders/persona 5 etc) that I have not played yet. But yeah, not really worried by microsoft buying out Beth cause.....it may even just mean I can try the games for $10 on gamepass in the future instead of buying crap on launch (fallout 76...although I heard it's better now, I need to try it out again sometime soon). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wolfy42 09/22/20 10:55:26 AM #452:	Btw, for next title, how about FallGeeksOut It covers both the fallout/beth sitch....and fall guys:) --- Tacobot 3000 "Saving the world from not having tacos." Glowing Elephant "Stonehedge was a sex thing." <cite>wolfy42 posted [p:944938482] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Btw, for next title, how about FallGeeksOut It covers both the fallout/beth sitch....and fall guys:) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/22/20 11:31:42 AM #453:	I had no trouble finding a Mini Fridge (Xbox Series X) on Target for pre-order, but still can't get a Playstation 5. Time to go old school camping in a few weeks. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:944939825] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>I had no trouble finding a Mini Fridge (Xbox Series X) on Target for pre-order, but still can't get a Playstation 5. Time to go old school camping in a few weeks. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/22/20 4:24:07 PM #454:	ParanoidObsessive posted... The vast majority of gamers (especially more casual ones) would probably kind of hate Black Marsh. It certainly wouldn't appeal to the more casual player, which is what the success of Skyrim was mostly built on. Most polls I've seen rank Argonians lower than anything other than Orcs, and the fact that their entire region is mostly swampy jungle and Mesoamerican ruins really doesn't scratch the same generic fantasy itch for Western audiences that places like Skyrim or High Rock do. Elsweyr has the advantage of being about cat-people, so the Internet won't be able to stop squeeing over it, but it would also be like 90% desert and maybe 10% rainforesty jungle, which might turn off the sort of people who spent most of their time ranting about how pretty they though Skyrim was. Swamps and ruins sound like an incredible setting. Although the Argonians themselves are less popular, there would likely be a great amount of scenery porn to make up for that. And part of the problem with Argonians is that their designs have frequently been bad. More variation and a cooler look would certainly help there. As for the Khajiit themselves, I imagine they'd be more polarizing than the setting. Personally, I'm a fan of cat people -- and most "beastmen" races (generally when given the option with character creation, I opt for the least-human race for the novelty unless I hate their design or there's a game mechanic I dislike) -- but I can see any predominant inhuman race creating a mixed reception. ParanoidObsessive posted... ESO is actually a pretty good gauge of what various regions will probably turn out like if they got full versions. Someday I'll have to play ESO, but I really don't like getting into MMOs because there's generally a massive learning curve and so much of the gameplay revolves around other players (which is fine with just PvP, but things like group PvM require logistics that make it feel like work rather than fun) ParanoidObsessive posted... Nostalgia doesn't really mean "that thing I liked as a kid", even if most people online use it that way as a shorthand for "childhood nostalgia". Nostalgia is really just sentimentality for the past (often somewhat melancholic), which means if you can contrast the present to a past "good old days" or "golden age", you can easily have nostalgia for it. Even if it wasn't all THAT long ago. Nostalgia, retro, are all buzzwords that seem heavily abused these days (and are instantly evocative of clickbait "Remember this? You'll feel so old!" articles). It's also annoying because while these words are being misused, there are words that accurately describe the phenomena that aren't being used. In other cases -- like simply preferring things a game maker was doing during a certain period -- really don't need special words at all. And just because some periods are better than others doesn't really make it a nostalgia thing. It seems rather natural that objectively there will be good times and bad. When it comes to nostalgia, I tend to think of it in the narrow traditional definition where it's something more personal. ParanoidObsessive posted... Hell, I have nostalgia for the times when this site wasn't mostly s*, and that was only about a dozen years ago. This site was always shit, it's just different shit now. ParanoidObsessive posted... Which I was contrasting to Bethesda Elder Scrolls, which I've almost never given much of a f* about. I liked Oblivions, Skyrim, and ESO, but I never loved them (and I loathed Morrowind, so I started out with a very low opinion of the developer anyway). For as much as I loved Fallout: New Vegas, I was mostly meh about Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. Morrowind intrigued me from the first commercials I saw, but unfortunately -- because it was on the XBox and PC -- I didn't play it until long after Oblivion so it felt outdated. ParanoidObsessive posted... Basically, Bethesda's f*-ups really haven't disillusioned be, because I was never "illusioned" in the first place. I wasn't blinded by love or fond memories or - I've always turned a critical eye to almost everything Bethesda has released, and have been more than willing to call bulls* on their litany of issues (they're basically the reason I coined the phrase "If your game needs multiple fan mods to be good, then it's a s* game in the first place"). But the people who HAVE been blinded by their love, who have always made excuses or tried to justify or forgive Bethesda screwing up, are slowly becoming more bitter and disillusioned by those screw ups. Negativity is rising, and that negativity may scour games like Starfield and ESVI in ways it wouldn't have if they came out 10 years ago. As for me, I just haven't seen much merit to the complaints. While Bethesda games have their issues, it's understandable given the absurd amount of things they try to do and I'd rather have a franchise overreach while having some glitches then produce an unambitious, flawless, boring product. And my biggest complaint about most games in general is a lack of content. LOZ TP and BOTW both drove me nuts with how little shit there was. BOTW had a good-sized map with a lot to explore, but it was pretty much fucking empty. Skyrim has something every 20 feet despite being huge. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:944952009] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>The vast majority of gamers (especially more casual ones) would probably kind of hate Black Marsh. It certainly wouldn't appeal to the more casual player, which is what the success of Skyrim was mostly built on. Most polls I've seen rank Argonians lower than anything other than Orcs, and the fact that their entire region is mostly swampy jungle and Mesoamerican ruins really doesn't scratch the same generic fantasy itch for Western audiences that places like Skyrim or High Rock do. Elsweyr has the advantage of being about cat-people, so the Internet won't be able to stop squeeing over it, but it would also be like 90% desert and maybe 10% rainforesty jungle, which might turn off the sort of people who spent most of their time ranting about how pretty they though Skyrim was.</quote> Swamps and ruins sound like an incredible setting. Although the Argonians themselves are less popular, there would likely be a great amount of scenery porn to make up for that. And part of the problem with Argonians is that their designs have frequently been bad. More variation and a cooler look would certainly help there. As for the Khajiit themselves, I imagine they'd be more polarizing than the setting. Personally, I'm a fan of cat people -- and most "beastmen" races (generally when given the option with character creation, I opt for the least-human race for the novelty unless I hate their design or there's a game mechanic I dislike) -- but I can see any predominant inhuman race creating a mixed reception. ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>ESO is actually a pretty good gauge of what various regions will probably turn out like if they got full versions.</quote> Someday I'll have to play ESO, but I really don't like getting into MMOs because there's generally a massive learning curve and so much of the gameplay revolves around other players (which is fine with just PvP, but things like group PvM require logistics that make it feel like work rather than fun) ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Nostalgia doesn't really mean "that thing I liked as a kid", even if most people online use it that way as a shorthand for "childhood nostalgia". Nostalgia is really just sentimentality for the past (often somewhat melancholic), which means if you can contrast the present to a past "good old days" or "golden age", you can easily have nostalgia for it. Even if it wasn't all THAT long ago.</quote> Nostalgia, retro, are all buzzwords that seem heavily abused these days (and are instantly evocative of clickbait "Remember this? You'll feel so old!" articles). It's also annoying because while these words are being misused, there are words that accurately describe the phenomena that aren't being used. In other cases -- like simply preferring things a game maker was doing during a certain period -- really don't need special words at all. And just because some periods are better than others doesn't really make it a nostalgia thing. It seems rather natural that objectively there will be good times and bad. When it comes to nostalgia, I tend to think of it in the narrow traditional definition where it's something more personal. ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Hell, I have nostalgia for the times when this site wasn't mostly s, and that was only about a dozen years ago.</quote> This site was always shit, it's just different shit now. ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Which I was contrasting to Bethesda Elder Scrolls, which I've almost never given much of a f about. I liked Oblivions, Skyrim, and ESO, but I never loved them (and I loathed Morrowind, so I started out with a very low opinion of the developer anyway). For as much as I loved Fallout: New Vegas, I was mostly meh about Fallout 3 and Fallout 4.</quote> Morrowind intrigued me from the first commercials I saw, but unfortunately -- because it was on the XBox and PC -- I didn't play it until long after Oblivion so it felt outdated. ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>Basically, Bethesda's f-ups really haven't disillusioned be, because I was never "illusioned" in the first place. I wasn't blinded by love or fond memories or - I've always turned a critical eye to almost everything Bethesda has released, and have been more than willing to call bulls on their litany of issues (they're basically the reason I coined the phrase "If your game needs multiple fan mods to be good, then it's a s* game in the first place"). But the people who HAVE been blinded by their love, who have always made excuses or tried to justify or forgive Bethesda screwing up, are slowly becoming more bitter and disillusioned by those screw ups. Negativity is rising, and that negativity may scour games like Starfield and ESVI in ways it wouldn't have if they came out 10 years ago.</quote> As for me, I just haven't seen much merit to the complaints. While Bethesda games have their issues, it's understandable given the absurd amount of things they try to do and I'd rather have a franchise overreach while having some glitches then produce an unambitious, flawless, boring product. And my biggest complaint about most games in general is a lack of content. LOZ TP and BOTW both drove me nuts with how little shit there was. BOTW had a good-sized map with a lot to explore, but it was pretty much fucking empty. Skyrim has something every 20 feet despite being huge. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/22/20 4:35:05 PM #455:	wolfy42 posted... I'm not an xbox fan, but PC is my prefered gaming source. If microsoft releases everything decent for pc that it releases on Xbox (Whatever the new one is), I think the xbox will die. I would not even buy a new xbox (didn't get the last one) for a new fallout game at this point, and I'm pretty sure fallout/ES games will come to PC as well (Even if delayed). I hate gaming on the PC, but I'm starting to realize that it's an inevitability for any number of reasons. My biggest single problem is still just how much of it is digital and the concern about all that going away, but people -- probably including in here -- have pointed out that even if Steam closed, a competitor would likely pick its customerbase and honor its commitments. I greatly prefer consoles (since I can be sure things will work fine on it), but there's a convenience factor for PC and -- although I have yet to mod anything -- the possibility of mods makes things appealing. And as a general thing, if an XBox is basically a PC, it can go on forever since a lot of people prefer the console experience (and since smartphones and smart tvs are a thing, people don't always own a pc/laptop any more) The other benefit to PC is just the fact that -- in theory -- I don't have to buy a new thing every few years to play current games. (Although, from a practical standpoint, I'm sure a lot of newer games might not run exceptionally well on my laptops where I'd generally be guaranteed that they would on a console.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:944952449] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>I'm not an xbox fan, but PC is my prefered gaming source. If microsoft releases everything decent for pc that it releases on Xbox (Whatever the new one is), I think the xbox will die. I would not even buy a new xbox (didn't get the last one) for a new fallout game at this point, and I'm pretty sure fallout/ES games will come to PC as well (Even if delayed).</quote> I hate gaming on the PC, but I'm starting to realize that it's an inevitability for any number of reasons. My biggest single problem is still just how much of it is digital and the concern about all that going away, but people -- probably including in here -- have pointed out that even if Steam closed, a competitor would likely pick its customerbase and honor its commitments. I greatly prefer consoles (since I can be sure things will work fine on it), but there's a convenience factor for PC and -- although I have yet to mod anything -- the possibility of mods makes things appealing. And as a general thing, if an XBox is basically a PC, it can go on forever since a lot of people prefer the console experience (and since smartphones and smart tvs are a thing, people don't always own a pc/laptop any more) The other benefit to PC is just the fact that -- in theory -- I don't have to buy a new thing every few years to play current games. (Although, from a practical standpoint, I'm sure a lot of newer games might not run exceptionally well on my laptops where I'd generally be guaranteed that they would on a console.) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/22/20 5:19:19 PM #456:	Well now all the Mini Fridges and Bluetooth Speakers are gone. Gamestop did a queue freeze on their websites to prevent scalpers from poaching all the systems, but scammers be scammers, and bots be bots, and now they're all gone. I got Chinese food for lunch, sweet and sour shrimp with fried rice, and I read an article about menopause sent to me by the wife. She sent it to me to explain why she's been randomly angry at me over the last few months, and why her left breast randomly hurts. So... all in all, a well rounded day. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:944954206] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Well now all the Mini Fridges and Bluetooth Speakers are gone. Gamestop did a queue freeze on their websites to prevent scalpers from poaching all the systems, but scammers be scammers, and bots be bots, and now they're all gone. I got Chinese food for lunch, sweet and sour shrimp with fried rice, and I read an article about menopause sent to me by the wife. She sent it to me to explain why she's been randomly angry at me over the last few months, and why her left breast randomly hurts. So... all in all, a well rounded day. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/22/20 5:29:43 PM #457:	Speaking of subjects and news nobody cares about, apparently Supergirl has been canceled. https://www.ign.com/articles/supergirl-cancelled-ending-after-season-6 I might watch it at some point once the whole thing is available (probably just as background noise), but everything I've seen and heard suggest that I'll probably dislike it. Right from the casting I wasn't terribly enthusiastic and then the early stuff suggested it'd probably be bad. The Wave Master posted... I got Chinese food for lunch, sweet and sour shrimp with fried rice I miss Chinese food. And eating out in general. Between the closures and the fact it's a bit of drive to get anything, I've generally just stayed home (or gone walking) since being furloughed. And my asshole governor doesn't seem to be in any hurry to get things going again. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:944954611] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Speaking of subjects and news nobody cares about, apparently Supergirl has been canceled. https://www.ign.com/articles/supergirl-cancelled-ending-after-season-6 I might watch it at some point once the whole thing is available (probably just as background noise), but everything I've seen and heard suggest that I'll probably dislike it. Right from the casting I wasn't terribly enthusiastic and then the early stuff suggested it'd probably be bad. The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>I got Chinese food for lunch, sweet and sour shrimp with fried rice</quote> I miss Chinese food. And eating out in general. Between the closures and the fact it's a bit of drive to get anything, I've generally just stayed home (or gone walking) since being furloughed. And my asshole governor doesn't seem to be in any hurry to get things going again. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 09/22/20 5:42:24 PM #458:	WhiskeyDisk posted... i used to feed Travis ice cream and french fries down at Shippan beach growing up. the guy that had to drop Travis was one of my clients at the time. it really fucked him up. the family that owned travis used to pay me quite well under the table to do ridealongs with their yougest tow truck driver on repos. 73 repos and i only had to pull my pistol once. I knew about him before the attack I think. I remember after the attack somebody I knew who lived there talked about always seeing Travis in the truck. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:944955082] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote> i used to feed Travis ice cream and french fries down at Shippan beach growing up. the guy that had to drop Travis was one of my clients at the time. it really fucked him up. the family that owned travis used to pay me quite well under the table to do ridealongs with their yougest tow truck driver on repos. 73 repos and i only had to pull my pistol once. </quote> I knew about him before the attack I think. I remember after the attack somebody I knew who lived there talked about always seeing Travis in the truck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/22/20 5:47:47 PM #459:	As with any long running show some seasons are better than others, and Supergirl is the same way. The first season is a mess, the second season is better, and the surprisingly the 4th season was head and shoulders better than anything they've done. Last season, the 5th, was a mess with covid playing a huge part in storylines not wrapping up, and now the show is ending. I've seen worse television, but Zeus, I know you won't like the show as it goes into SJW territory a lot towards the last two seasons. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:944955288] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>As with any long running show some seasons are better than others, and Supergirl is the same way. The first season is a mess, the second season is better, and the surprisingly the 4th season was head and shoulders better than anything they've done. Last season, the 5th, was a mess with covid playing a huge part in storylines not wrapping up, and now the show is ending. I've seen worse television, but Zeus, I know you won't like the show as it goes into SJW territory a lot towards the last two seasons. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 09/22/20 5:50:54 PM #460:	Whichever season had that shoehorned gun control episode was the worst one. I think that was season 3. I was going to catch up on the DC shows last week but I was way too tired and had a lot of Youtube to watch at the time. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:944955400] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Whichever season had that shoehorned gun control episode was the worst one. I think that was season 3. I was going to catch up on the DC shows last week but I was way too tired and had a lot of Youtube to watch at the time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/22/20 6:31:01 PM #461:	The Wave Master posted... I know you won't like the show as it goes into SJW territory a lot towards the last two seasons. I think Melissa Benoist is adorable, but Supergirl became a chore once they went over to the CW and every episode had to grind to a halt for the mandatory 10 minutes of pointless lesbian drama c-plot. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:944957005] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>I know you won't like the show as it goes into SJW territory a lot towards the last two seasons.</quote> I think Melissa Benoist is adorable, but Supergirl became a chore once they went over to the CW and every episode had to grind to a halt for the mandatory 10 minutes of pointless lesbian drama c-plot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/22/20 7:33:22 PM #462:	WhiskeyDisk posted... I think Melissa Benoist is adorable, but Supergirl became a chore once they went over to the CW and every episode had to grind to a halt for the mandatory 10 minutes of pointless lesbian drama c-plot. So is she the lesbian or is it the supporting cast? Because I guess lesbian Supergirl is a moderately interesting angle. In Gotham, that weird swerve where Penguin becomes gay for Riddler, while really fucking weird and a plot contrivance to split them up (which iirc was never again addressed after the story arc), kinda worked... compared to other shit in the show. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:944959419] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>WhiskeyDisk posted... </cite> <quote>I think Melissa Benoist is adorable, but Supergirl became a chore once they went over to the CW and every episode had to grind to a halt for the mandatory 10 minutes of pointless lesbian drama c-plot.</quote> So is she the lesbian or is it the supporting cast? Because I guess lesbian Supergirl is a moderately interesting angle. In Gotham, that weird swerve where Penguin becomes gay for Riddler, while really fucking weird and a plot contrivance to split them up (which iirc was never again addressed after the story arc), kinda worked... compared to other shit in the show. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/22/20 8:16:37 PM #463:	No, it's always an ancillary character, hence a pointless, pandering graft onto the plot. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:944961160] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>No, it's always an ancillary character, hence a pointless, pandering graft onto the plot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/22/20 10:11:25 PM #464:	It's her sister, Alex, that eventually comes out as a lesbian, and it wasn't a plot device as Supergirl is an alien and is supposed to be supportive of anyone. Alien yo Earth immigration becomes a huge part of the show from season 3 forward. Sex, race, and gender doesn't matter if you're world is full of unlimited genders and races. With her sister being a lesbian, and her accepting that, it lead to her greater acceptance of all species, which was a huge plot point for season 4. I get that being lectured about race, gender, and sexuality might not mean anything to some of you, but their representation might mean something to a boy or girl out there struggling with who they are. It's not for all of us, and it's not supposed to be. I look at it two ways. One is that if it's not your cup of tea then move on, but let the people who like and enjoy it,enjoy it. Secondly, I would rather watch this than some reality show about spoiled brats with huge asses doing literally nothing or another singing or dancing show. Lesser of two evils. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:944965531] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>It's her sister, Alex, that eventually comes out as a lesbian, and it wasn't a plot device as Supergirl is an alien and is supposed to be supportive of anyone. Alien yo Earth immigration becomes a huge part of the show from season 3 forward. Sex, race, and gender doesn't matter if you're world is full of unlimited genders and races. With her sister being a lesbian, and her accepting that, it lead to her greater acceptance of all species, which was a huge plot point for season 4. I get that being lectured about race, gender, and sexuality might not mean anything to some of you, but their representation might mean something to a boy or girl out there struggling with who they are. It's not for all of us, and it's not supposed to be. I look at it two ways. One is that if it's not your cup of tea then move on, but let the people who like and enjoy it,enjoy it. Secondly, I would rather watch this than some reality show about spoiled brats with huge asses doing literally nothing or another singing or dancing show. Lesser of two evils. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/22/20 10:29:56 PM #465:	The Wave Master posted... I look at it two ways. One is that if it's not your cup of tea then move on, but let the people who like and enjoy it,enjoy it. Secondly, I would rather watch this than some reality show about spoiled brats with huge asses doing literally nothing or another singing or dancing show. Lesser of two evils. way to bring a false dichotomy into it Wave. strawman much? i have no problem with Lesbians. the best wingman i ever had for a decade was one. i had a gay roommate for well over a decade and worked in musical theater as a side gig for close to a decade. my gripe isn't with "the homos". its with pandery woke bullshit being shoehorned into all the things to appease a disproportionately small percentage of the population. 15% of the population doesn't get to preach to the other 85%, 50% of the time. Ford vs Ferrari didn't need blue haired non-binary blind amputees of color to tell its story. it was a historical piece about car makers in the 60's. the woke pandering is getting out of hand. let's agree to disagree on this one Wave, --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:944966180] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>I look at it two ways. One is that if it's not your cup of tea then move on, but let the people who like and enjoy it,enjoy it. Secondly, I would rather watch this than some reality show about spoiled brats with huge asses doing literally nothing or another singing or dancing show. Lesser of two evils.</quote> way to bring a false dichotomy into it Wave. strawman much? i have no problem with Lesbians. the best wingman i ever had for a decade was one. i had a gay roommate for well over a decade and worked in musical theater as a side gig for close to a decade. my gripe isn't with "the homos". its with pandery woke bullshit being shoehorned into all the things to appease a disproportionately small percentage of the population. 15% of the population doesn't get to preach to the other 85%, 50% of the time. Ford vs Ferrari didn't need blue haired non-binary blind amputees of color to tell its story. it was a historical piece about car makers in the 60's. the woke pandering is getting out of hand. let's agree to disagree on this one Wave, </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wolfy42 09/23/20 12:47:59 AM #466:	Zeus_LLC posted... The other benefit to PC is just the fact that -- in theory -- I don't have to buy a new thing every few years to play current games. (Although, from a practical standpoint, I'm sure a lot of newer games might not run exceptionally well on my laptops where I'd generally be guaranteed that they would on a console.) PCs don't need to be upgraded nearly as often anymore. This laptop plays everything just fine (And will play em better than a ps5) and it's 5 years old (I7 with 16 gig of ram and 4G graphics card). I got it on sale at best buy for $900 (was normally like $1300 back then). You can build your own desktop (Which I may do sometime soon) for much less though, probably not much more than a PS5 with the disk drive. As far as loosing content, there are a bunch of reasons it doesn't even matter anymore. First you can play games offline with steam at this point, also there are multiple ways to get them (epic for instance has given out a freakton of em for free), and GoG, Greenman gamining etc, offer extreme discounts on games that you have on your comp (so doesn't matter if they go away). Mostly though it's the fact that the discounts on PC games are so much larger and more frequent, and heck often even at launch with things like Greenman gaming (Sometimes a new game is like 20% off base, and then I have an additional 25% off coupon, allowing for almost half price on a brand new game). Xbox controllers or ps4 controllers etc work fine on PC so there is no controller problem like in the old days anymore, and you have a freakton of space (Even SD space) to store games on. Mods are WAY more common as well on pc (you don't have to make your own other people do), and things like beat saber are waaaay better (mods for it, pretty much any song etc). Also you don't have to pay extra for internet access (though you still need base internet, no xbox live/ps + etc costs). Heck at this point an external HD is so cheap you could just get a few of em and load every game you ever possible wanted to play on them so you don't need to worry about downloading em in the future etc. Would even mean you could play em on other computers as well, or play the same game with the same saves on a laptop or your desktop at will. --- Tacobot 3000 "Saving the world from not having tacos." Glowing Elephant "Stonehedge was a sex thing." <cite>wolfy42 posted [p:944970325] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Zeus_LLC posted... </cite> <quote>The other benefit to PC is just the fact that -- in theory -- I don't have to buy a new thing every few years to play current games. (Although, from a practical standpoint, I'm sure a lot of newer games might not run exceptionally well on my laptops where I'd generally be guaranteed that they would on a console.)</quote> PCs don't need to be upgraded nearly as often anymore. This laptop plays everything just fine (And will play em better than a ps5) and it's 5 years old (I7 with 16 gig of ram and 4G graphics card). I got it on sale at best buy for $900 (was normally like $1300 back then). You can build your own desktop (Which I may do sometime soon) for much less though, probably not much more than a PS5 with the disk drive. As far as loosing content, there are a bunch of reasons it doesn't even matter anymore. First you can play games offline with steam at this point, also there are multiple ways to get them (epic for instance has given out a freakton of em for free), and GoG, Greenman gamining etc, offer extreme discounts on games that you have on your comp (so doesn't matter if they go away). Mostly though it's the fact that the discounts on PC games are so much larger and more frequent, and heck often even at launch with things like Greenman gaming (Sometimes a new game is like 20% off base, and then I have an additional 25% off coupon, allowing for almost half price on a brand new game). Xbox controllers or ps4 controllers etc work fine on PC so there is no controller problem like in the old days anymore, and you have a freakton of space (Even SD space) to store games on. Mods are WAY more common as well on pc (you don't have to make your own other people do), and things like beat saber are waaaay better (mods for it, pretty much any song etc). Also you don't have to pay extra for internet access (though you still need base internet, no xbox live/ps + etc costs). Heck at this point an external HD is so cheap you could just get a few of em and load every game you ever possible wanted to play on them so you don't need to worry about downloading em in the future etc. Would even mean you could play em on other computers as well, or play the same game with the same saves on a laptop or your desktop at will. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/23/20 2:00:21 AM #467:	Anybody know all that much about Conan Exiles? Was watching a video and it looks neat, but I'm not sure how any of that shit works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRtjufTkHo Can it just be played entirely solo offline? wolfy42 posted... PCs don't need to be upgraded nearly as often anymore. This laptop plays everything just fine (And will play em better than a ps5) and it's 5 years old (I7 with 16 gig of ram and 4G graphics card). I got it on sale at best buy for $900 (was normally like $1300 back then). All of my laptops just have i5s and the most I've paid for any of them was maybe $600 when it might have been a bit more than that. wolfy42 posted... You can build your own desktop (Which I may do sometime soon) for much less though, probably not much more than a PS5 with the disk drive. Seems like a nuisance, tbh. And while I have tech-savvy friends, a lot of them can be dicks and they'll hide shit on your devices as pranks. The other thing is that I like having the mobility offered by a laptop, although I guess you can probably just stream the content to a laptop or whatever while running it on your desktop. wolfy42 posted... As far as loosing content, there are a bunch of reasons it doesn't even matter anymore. First you can play games offline with steam at this point, also there are multiple ways to get them (epic for instance has given out a freakton of em for free), and GoG, Greenman gamining etc, offer extreme discounts on games that you have on your comp (so doesn't matter if they go away). I still need an Epic account >_< wolfy42 posted... Mostly though it's the fact that the discounts on PC games are so much larger and more frequent, and heck often even at launch with things like Greenman gaming (Sometimes a new game is like 20% off base, and then I have an additional 25% off coupon, allowing for almost half price on a brand new game). Yeah, that's kinda been a large part of it. I had wanted UMvC3 for a while but I would have paid $15 used and it just wasn't sitting right with me. And there are a lot of games on Steam that are so fucking cheap that it seems appealing to buy them again just to have them on pc. wolfy42 posted... Xbox controllers or ps4 controllers etc work fine on PC so there is no controller problem like in the old days anymore, and you have a freakton of space (Even SD space) to store games on. Mods are WAY more common as well on pc (you don't have to make your own other people do), and things like beat saber are waaaay better (mods for it, pretty much any song etc). Oh, maybe that's a good reason to finally open my ps4. My ps3's controller hadn't worked for some reason so I had been using the 360 controller, but I've never liked that controller. wolfy42 posted... Heck at this point an external HD is so cheap you could just get a few of em and load every game you ever possible wanted to play on them so you don't need to worry about downloading em in the future etc. Would even mean you could play em on other computers as well, or play the same game with the same saves on a laptop or your desktop at will. Might need to look into that as an option. Oo --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:944971928] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Anybody know all that much about Conan Exiles? Was watching a video and it looks neat, but I'm not sure how any of that shit works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRtjufTkHo Can it just be played entirely solo offline? wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>PCs don't need to be upgraded nearly as often anymore. This laptop plays everything just fine (And will play em better than a ps5) and it's 5 years old (I7 with 16 gig of ram and 4G graphics card). I got it on sale at best buy for $900 (was normally like $1300 back then).</quote> All of my laptops just have i5s and the most I've paid for any of them was maybe $600 when it might have been a bit more than that. wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>You can build your own desktop (Which I may do sometime soon) for much less though, probably not much more than a PS5 with the disk drive.</quote> Seems like a nuisance, tbh. And while I have tech-savvy friends, a lot of them can be dicks and they'll hide shit on your devices as pranks. The other thing is that I like having the mobility offered by a laptop, although I guess you can probably just stream the content to a laptop or whatever while running it on your desktop. wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>As far as loosing content, there are a bunch of reasons it doesn't even matter anymore. First you can play games offline with steam at this point, also there are multiple ways to get them (epic for instance has given out a freakton of em for free), and GoG, Greenman gamining etc, offer extreme discounts on games that you have on your comp (so doesn't matter if they go away).</quote> I still need an Epic account >_< wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>Mostly though it's the fact that the discounts on PC games are so much larger and more frequent, and heck often even at launch with things like Greenman gaming (Sometimes a new game is like 20% off base, and then I have an additional 25% off coupon, allowing for almost half price on a brand new game).</quote> Yeah, that's kinda been a large part of it. I had wanted UMvC3 for a while but I would have paid $15 used and it just wasn't sitting right with me. And there are a lot of games on Steam that are so fucking cheap that it seems appealing to buy them again just to have them on pc. wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>Xbox controllers or ps4 controllers etc work fine on PC so there is no controller problem like in the old days anymore, and you have a freakton of space (Even SD space) to store games on. Mods are WAY more common as well on pc (you don't have to make your own other people do), and things like beat saber are waaaay better (mods for it, pretty much any song etc).</quote> Oh, maybe that's a good reason to finally open my ps4. My ps3's controller hadn't worked for some reason so I had been using the 360 controller, but I've never liked that controller. wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>Heck at this point an external HD is so cheap you could just get a few of em and load every game you ever possible wanted to play on them so you don't need to worry about downloading em in the future etc. Would even mean you could play em on other computers as well, or play the same game with the same saves on a laptop or your desktop at will.</quote> Might need to look into that as an option. Oo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/23/20 2:47:04 AM #468:	Oh, side-thing -- I was looking at motte & bailey castles earlier (because Lok or somebody randomly brought them up) and it kinda got me to thinking: Aren't most castles (without that design) less secure for having a courtyard? I know that there are practical benefits to having a courtyard, but they're less about structural defense than accommodating resources (or providing additional land, shelter, etc). It's generally easier to breach a courtyard wall since you just need to get over it compared to a structure that you can't just use a siege tower or ladder to get into. And once the enemy is in the courtyard, it seems like it'd be easier to breach the keep from there unless had a secondary redundancy akin to your outer defenses like a hill, moat, etc. (Something that the motte & bailey design intrinsically addresses since the keep is further up a hill.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:944972649] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Oh, side-thing -- I was looking at motte & bailey castles earlier (because Lok or somebody randomly brought them up) and it kinda got me to thinking: Aren't most castles (without that design) less secure for having a courtyard? I know that there are practical benefits to having a courtyard, but they're less about structural defense than accommodating resources (or providing additional land, shelter, etc). It's generally easier to breach a courtyard wall since you just need to get over it compared to a structure that you can't just use a siege tower or ladder to get into. And once the enemy is in the courtyard, it seems like it'd be easier to breach the keep from there unless had a secondary redundancy akin to your outer defenses like a hill, moat, etc. (Something that the motte & bailey design intrinsically addresses since the keep is further up a hill.) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wolfy42 09/23/20 5:49:16 AM #469:	Actually a courtyard usually means a wall that is a secondary line of defense besides the castle itself, it allows you to have more people in defensive positions, and also to store food/water (have cows etc) inside a guarded position so you can't just be starved out as easily. A courtyward with solid walls surrounding the castle, and a moat around that is even better (with a drawbridge) as it prevents using many devices to try and smash through the wall, and makes scaling it more difficult as well. You can still use catapults etc though, but even if you do knock down the wall, if there is a dangerous moat, it still makes storming the castle more difficult. Same kinda rules in a zombie invasion, you want a secure primary shelter with an outer wall that can be defended, and inside that wall you grow food, have cows, a water source etc. Eventually if you get enough people, you would want even another wall to provide some form of safety for everyone outside who is growing food etc. More lines of defense you have the better as you can make the enemy fight hard to over come each one, but then withdraw and do it all again. If I was really going to make a castle like structure that was almost impossible to defeat, I would do it INTO a mountainside or large hill, then surround it with a couple of layers of walls for defense. Even catapults would not have any chance against that. You could even make it look like a traditional castle on the outside, but the actual living places would be underground/hill and pretty much impossible to damage. --- Tacobot 3000 "Saving the world from not having tacos." Glowing Elephant "Stonehedge was a sex thing." <cite>wolfy42 posted [p:944975246] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Actually a courtyard usually means a wall that is a secondary line of defense besides the castle itself, it allows you to have more people in defensive positions, and also to store food/water (have cows etc) inside a guarded position so you can't just be starved out as easily. A courtyward with solid walls surrounding the castle, and a moat around that is even better (with a drawbridge) as it prevents using many devices to try and smash through the wall, and makes scaling it more difficult as well. You can still use catapults etc though, but even if you do knock down the wall, if there is a dangerous moat, it still makes storming the castle more difficult. Same kinda rules in a zombie invasion, you want a secure primary shelter with an outer wall that can be defended, and inside that wall you grow food, have cows, a water source etc. Eventually if you get enough people, you would want even another wall to provide some form of safety for everyone outside who is growing food etc. More lines of defense you have the better as you can make the enemy fight hard to over come each one, but then withdraw and do it all again. If I was really going to make a castle like structure that was almost impossible to defeat, I would do it INTO a mountainside or large hill, then surround it with a couple of layers of walls for defense. Even catapults would not have any chance against that. You could even make it look like a traditional castle on the outside, but the actual living places would be underground/hill and pretty much impossible to damage. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wolfy42 09/23/20 5:57:15 AM #470:	Zeus_LLC posted... I still need an Epic account >_< Seriously this is worth getting a computer for at this point by itself. FREE games I have gotten from epic include: Remnant: From the ashes/Celete/Dauntless/Observer/20xx/total war saga:troy/abzu/Aer: Memories of old/alan wakes american nightmare/amnesia the dark descent/anodyne 2 return to dust/Ark survival evolved/assassins creed syndicate/aztez/bad north jotunn edition/barony/batman arkham asylum/batman arkham city/batman arkham knight/battle breakers/boderlands 2/borderlands the pre-sequel/city of brass/conarium/crashlands/enter the gungeon/everything/faeria/fez/figment/for the king/gnog/god's trigger/gone home/gonner/Grand theft auto V/hitman/hob/innerspace/inside/into the breach/just cause 4/kingdom new lands/last day of june/lego batman 2 dc super heros/lego batman 3 beyond gotham/lego batman the video game/Metro 2033 redux/might and magic chess royale/minit/moonlighter/next up hero/nucleor throne/offworld trading company/overcooked/pathway/rebel galaxy/rime/samurai shodown neogeo collection/shadowrun hong kong/shadowrun returns/shadowrun dragonfall directors cut/sid meierss civ VI/slime rancher/soma/stories untold/stranger things 3 the game/subnautica/the alto collection/the end is night/the escapists 2/the messenger/this war of mine/tormentor x punisher/watch dogs 2/world war z And there are a bunch I didn't bother getting cause I already owned them (I owned a ton of the above on stream as well, but figure back up copies is always good). That is more than the cost of a new computer in games right there. Also you can still keep a laptop and get a desktop as well, and you can as you mentioned run games on your desktop and stream it to the laptop on the go. --- Tacobot 3000 "Saving the world from not having tacos." Glowing Elephant "Stonehedge was a sex thing." <cite>wolfy42 posted [p:944975359] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Zeus_LLC posted... </cite> <quote>I still need an Epic account >_<</quote> Seriously this is worth getting a computer for at this point by itself. FREE games I have gotten from epic include: Remnant: From the ashes/Celete/Dauntless/Observer/20xx/total war saga:troy/abzu/Aer: Memories of old/alan wakes american nightmare/amnesia the dark descent/anodyne 2 return to dust/Ark survival evolved/assassins creed syndicate/aztez/bad north jotunn edition/barony/batman arkham asylum/batman arkham city/batman arkham knight/battle breakers/boderlands 2/borderlands the pre-sequel/city of brass/conarium/crashlands/enter the gungeon/everything/faeria/fez/figment/for the king/gnog/god's trigger/gone home/gonner/Grand theft auto V/hitman/hob/innerspace/inside/into the breach/just cause 4/kingdom new lands/last day of june/lego batman 2 dc super heros/lego batman 3 beyond gotham/lego batman the video game/Metro 2033 redux/might and magic chess royale/minit/moonlighter/next up hero/nucleor throne/offworld trading company/overcooked/pathway/rebel galaxy/rime/samurai shodown neogeo collection/shadowrun hong kong/shadowrun returns/shadowrun dragonfall directors cut/sid meierss civ VI/slime rancher/soma/stories untold/stranger things 3 the game/subnautica/the alto collection/the end is night/the escapists 2/the messenger/this war of mine/tormentor x punisher/watch dogs 2/world war z And there are a bunch I didn't bother getting cause I already owned them (I owned a ton of the above on stream as well, but figure back up copies is always good). That is more than the cost of a new computer in games right there. Also you can still keep a laptop and get a desktop as well, and you can as you mentioned run games on your desktop and stream it to the laptop on the go. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 09/23/20 4:41:21 PM #471:	Maybe a bad computer. Especially since some of them they've given away you'd need a new computer to play. As in a really good graphics card. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:944995019] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Maybe a bad computer. Especially since some of them they've given away you'd need a new computer to play. As in a really good graphics card.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/24/20 1:56:26 AM #472:	wolfy42 posted... Actually a courtyard usually means a wall that is a secondary line of defense besides the castle itself, it allows you to have more people in defensive positions, and also to store food/water (have cows etc) inside a guarded position so you can't just be starved out as easily. From a technical standpoint, the more defenders you have, the easier it is to starve you out (when preparing for a long siege, castles traditionally tried to reduce headcount) and I'm not sure that a few extra cows will be a major benefit since you're not going to have much grazing area to keep them fed which means you might wind up using grains and other dry goods that could instead go to feed the defenders. In the case of a longer siege, one fewer person could extend provisions by a week or even a month. wolfy42 posted... A courtyward with solid walls surrounding the castle, and a moat around that is even better (with a drawbridge) as it prevents using many devices to try and smash through the wall, and makes scaling it more difficult as well. You can still use catapults etc though, but even if you do knock down the wall, if there is a dangerous moat, it still makes storming the castle more difficult. Well, yeah, I mean if you had redundancies within the castle itself where the keep was like a castle unto itself, sure. I was more thinking about a keep within a castle where if the enemy could get over the walls, everything securing the outer walls would be negated and it would simply be a matter of getting into the keep. Castles with the same principle as a motte & bailey could simply have fall back to the far more secure upper region... although I guess even then there's the matter of outer walls and a keep rather than strictly just being the structure. I guess I might be overthinking this since main benefit either way would be a hill with steep walls at the end to block the enemy from trying to use ladders or siege engines. wolfy42 posted... If I was really going to make a castle like structure that was almost impossible to defeat, I would do it INTO a mountainside or large hill, then surround it with a couple of layers of walls for defense. Even catapults would not have any chance against that. You could even make it look like a traditional castle on the outside, but the actual living places would be underground/hill and pretty much impossible to damage. With a mountain, you'd probably have the issue of natural tunnels potentially creating alternate entrances. Otherwise if you're just building into (instead of on top) of the mountain or hill, the structure would still be vulnerable from the exposed side. Helm's Deep is a good example. Although the mountain protects the back of the castle, the walls can still be taken from the front as easily as any other castle. (And, on an unrelated note, the movie version of Helm's Deep had all kinds of vulnerabilities.) And the issue with catapults wasn't so much damaging the living spaces, but instead allowing attackers to breach the defenses. The point of a castle is having fortification against enemies entering, without it you're just vulnerable. Then there'd be the potential secondary issue where catapults could trigger a rockslide. Granted, if you don't have anything important outside the tunnels and aren't impacted by having the entrance to your tunnels buried (in the short-term anyway), it can be a defensive advantage. The bigger concern would probably be enemies breaching the walls and then working their way through your underground structure. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:945013821] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>Actually a courtyard usually means a wall that is a secondary line of defense besides the castle itself, it allows you to have more people in defensive positions, and also to store food/water (have cows etc) inside a guarded position so you can't just be starved out as easily.</quote> From a technical standpoint, the more defenders you have, the easier it is to starve you out (when preparing for a long siege, castles traditionally tried to reduce headcount) and I'm not sure that a few extra cows will be a major benefit since you're not going to have much grazing area to keep them fed which means you might wind up using grains and other dry goods that could instead go to feed the defenders. In the case of a longer siege, one fewer person could extend provisions by a week or even a month. wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>A courtyward with solid walls surrounding the castle, and a moat around that is even better (with a drawbridge) as it prevents using many devices to try and smash through the wall, and makes scaling it more difficult as well. You can still use catapults etc though, but even if you do knock down the wall, if there is a dangerous moat, it still makes storming the castle more difficult.</quote> Well, yeah, I mean if you had redundancies within the castle itself where the keep was like a castle unto itself, sure. I was more thinking about a keep within a castle where if the enemy could get over the walls, everything securing the outer walls would be negated and it would simply be a matter of getting into the keep. Castles with the same principle as a motte & bailey could simply have fall back to the far more secure upper region... although I guess even then there's the matter of outer walls and a keep rather than strictly just being the structure. I guess I might be overthinking this since main benefit either way would be a hill with steep walls at the end to block the enemy from trying to use ladders or siege engines. wolfy42 posted... </cite> <quote>If I was really going to make a castle like structure that was almost impossible to defeat, I would do it INTO a mountainside or large hill, then surround it with a couple of layers of walls for defense. Even catapults would not have any chance against that. You could even make it look like a traditional castle on the outside, but the actual living places would be underground/hill and pretty much impossible to damage.</quote> With a mountain, you'd probably have the issue of natural tunnels potentially creating alternate entrances. Otherwise if you're just building into (instead of on top) of the mountain or hill, the structure would still be vulnerable from the exposed side. Helm's Deep is a good example. Although the mountain protects the back of the castle, the walls can still be taken from the front as easily as any other castle. (And, on an unrelated note, the movie version of Helm's Deep had all kinds of vulnerabilities.) And the issue with catapults wasn't so much damaging the living spaces, but instead allowing attackers to breach the defenses. The point of a castle is having fortification against enemies entering, without it you're just vulnerable. Then there'd be the potential secondary issue where catapults could trigger a rockslide. Granted, if you don't have anything important outside the tunnels and aren't impacted by having the entrance to your tunnels buried (in the short-term anyway), it can be a defensive advantage. The bigger concern would probably be enemies breaching the walls and then working their way through your underground structure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wolfy42 09/24/20 3:59:31 AM #473:	YEah, there are always vulnrabilities, a mountain/hill castle though that had a town around it, with walls around the town, and additional walls (and maybe a moat) around the inside of the town leading to the castle, would prevent people from tunneling into the castle pretty easy (especially if it's just a large hill, which lets you surround the hill basically, it also could be towards the top of a hill, which gives you the high ground automatically from attackers, makes it significantly harder for them to use catapults etc. Prob would be getting water up there , but if it's not a huge hill just you know like 3-4 times the height of a normal castle, you could still have a water source below etc (still would require workers to bring the water up to the castle regularly, but some kinda of system could be made to just pull ropes (with buckets attacked), that dunk in the river/water supply and then are pulled up to the castle. A mountain with a steep cliff though could also work, but yeah rockslides could be a problem as well. As far as more people = easier to starve out etc....with space around the castle for grass etc, cows, chickens, and a farming, all run by those same people who will help defend in a pinch, you could drastically increase the length you could hold out, especially since you could still stockpile etc, but the eggs/milk/fresh veggies/fruit etc (and eventually the livestock itself) could double or tripple how long the stored supplies would last. Finally just because you have additional defenses doesn't mean you neccesarily need that many more men, because the men can fall back if the first line of defense is breached, fortifying the castle at that point. You certainly would want a few more men, but those men could also be used to farm etc, so would give a you a net surplus of food in a seige situation anyway. Biggest problem is water, but if you have a well inside the wall, or a water source from higher up on the mountain (perhaps even an underground (or mountain) stream), that could basically let you survive for as long as you could keep enough food coming for everyone. Building down, or into a mountain/hill etc just gives you either a shell for protection, or makes it far harder to hit you with missiles etc. Without magic building down wasn't really a good option, but building into a mountain/hill could have been. --- Tacobot 3000 "Saving the world from not having tacos." Glowing Elephant "Stonehedge was a sex thing." <cite>wolfy42 posted [p:945015745] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>YEah, there are always vulnrabilities, a mountain/hill castle though that had a town around it, with walls around the town, and additional walls (and maybe a moat) around the inside of the town leading to the castle, would prevent people from tunneling into the castle pretty easy (especially if it's just a large hill, which lets you surround the hill basically, it also could be towards the top of a hill, which gives you the high ground automatically from attackers, makes it significantly harder for them to use catapults etc. Prob would be getting water up there , but if it's not a huge hill just you know like 3-4 times the height of a normal castle, you could still have a water source below etc (still would require workers to bring the water up to the castle regularly, but some kinda of system could be made to just pull ropes (with buckets attacked), that dunk in the river/water supply and then are pulled up to the castle. A mountain with a steep cliff though could also work, but yeah rockslides could be a problem as well. As far as more people = easier to starve out etc....with space around the castle for grass etc, cows, chickens, and a farming, all run by those same people who will help defend in a pinch, you could drastically increase the length you could hold out, especially since you could still stockpile etc, but the eggs/milk/fresh veggies/fruit etc (and eventually the livestock itself) could double or tripple how long the stored supplies would last. Finally just because you have additional defenses doesn't mean you neccesarily need that many more men, because the men can fall back if the first line of defense is breached, fortifying the castle at that point. You certainly would want a few more men, but those men could also be used to farm etc, so would give a you a net surplus of food in a seige situation anyway. Biggest problem is water, but if you have a well inside the wall, or a water source from higher up on the mountain (perhaps even an underground (or mountain) stream), that could basically let you survive for as long as you could keep enough food coming for everyone. Building down, or into a mountain/hill etc just gives you either a shell for protection, or makes it far harder to hit you with missiles etc. Without magic building down wasn't really a good option, but building into a mountain/hill could have been. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/24/20 4:30:04 PM #474:	Gamestop says that they will have more pre-orders for the PS5 tomorrow both in store and online. I have learned my lesson trying to get a console online because the scalpers and bots are just too fast. 4 times mow have I had a console in my cart, and it vanished before checkout, and I know my card number by heart. Therefore, I'm going to the store early tomorrow and try to get a pre-order tomorrow. Will it go well? Probably not, but it's either this or wait out all night in front of Best Buy on a cold and Probably rainy Wednesday night to Thursday to get one. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:945035960] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Gamestop says that they will have more pre-orders for the PS5 tomorrow both in store and online. I have learned my lesson trying to get a console online because the scalpers and bots are just too fast. 4 times mow have I had a console in my cart, and it vanished before checkout, and I know my card number by heart. Therefore, I'm going to the store early tomorrow and try to get a pre-order tomorrow. Will it go well? Probably not, but it's either this or wait out all night in front of Best Buy on a cold and Probably rainy Wednesday night to Thursday to get one. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/24/20 8:00:05 PM #475:	I'm not sure I've ever had a console with the first 6 months of release (maybe the N64 was the closest) so I've never known the struggle... although I guess I've missed out on black fridays at times which is kinda similar. Speaking of, still regretting not running out to get that standard-size New 3DS. Right now I think even a refurby would run more more than that. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:945044049] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>I'm not sure I've ever had a console with the first 6 months of release (maybe the N64 was the closest) so I've never known the struggle... although I guess I've missed out on black fridays at times which is kinda similar. Speaking of, still regretting not running out to get that standard-size New 3DS. Right now I think even a refurby would run more more than that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/24/20 8:33:33 PM #476:	Make sure to get your final topic suggestions in before the topic ends. "Fall-Geeks" is in the lead thus far. It works on several levels. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:945045242] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Make sure to get your final topic suggestions in before the topic ends. "Fall-Geeks" is in the lead thus far. It works on several levels. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/24/20 8:35:31 PM #477:	I got my PS4 about a year and a half after launch, but that was mostly so I could play games with my nephew (who already had a PS4). I waited six years post-launch before getting my 360. I could easily see myself waiting years to get a PS5, especially as long as the few games on the horizon (one of which, ironically, is Horizon) I'm actually interested in are still current gen. Don't really need a PS5 to play Cyberpunk 2077 when I can just as easily play it on my PS4. I won't really see a need to buy a PS5 (or a next-gen Xbox) until there are already multiple games released (and on sale for at least a few months, because I don't buy games on release day either in the age of mandatory day 1 patches followed by weeks of even more patches to make a game borderline playable). That could take years. At the current rate of game releases I actually give a shit about, it could take until 2027. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:945045304] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>I got my PS4 about a year and a half after launch, but that was mostly so I could play games with my nephew (who already had a PS4). I waited six years post-launch before getting my 360. I could easily see myself waiting years to get a PS5, especially as long as the few games on the horizon (one of which, ironically, is Horizon) I'm actually interested in are still current gen. Don't really need a PS5 to play Cyberpunk 2077 when I can just as easily play it on my PS4. I won't really see a need to buy a PS5 (or a next-gen Xbox) until there are already multiple games released (and on sale for at least a few months, because I don't buy games on release day either in the age of mandatory day 1 patches followed by weeks of even more patches to make a game borderline playable). That could take years. At the current rate of game releases I actually give a shit about, it could take until 2027.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/24/20 9:21:04 PM #478:	Geeks Among Us Hallowgeek Vote Geek/Nerd 2020! Geektober is here. I'm really low on ideas. There isn't a hell of a lot to work with these days for geek culture. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:945047063] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Geeks Among Us Hallowgeek Vote Geek/Nerd 2020! Geektober is here. I'm really low on ideas. There isn't a hell of a lot to work with these days for geek culture. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/24/20 11:23:05 PM #479:	WhiskeyDisk posted... I'm really low on ideas. There isn't a hell of a lot to work with these days for geek culture. All I could come up with was Cybergeek 2077 and Baldur's Geek III. I was playing around with A Geek in the Lonesome October but it felt a bit too awkward. My usual desire to try and come up with topical titles is kind of hampered by the fact that no one's putting movies out right now, and a lot of games are delayed. And the filthy normies have stolen away a lot of our precious geek gold over the years and turned it disgustingly mainstream. Plus, you know, 12 straight years of titles uses up a lot of the obvious ones. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:945051409] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote><cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>I'm really low on ideas. There isn't a hell of a lot to work with these days for geek culture.</quote> All I could come up with was Cybergeek 2077 and Baldur's Geek III. I was playing around with A Geek in the Lonesome October but it felt a bit too awkward. My usual desire to try and come up with topical titles is kind of hampered by the fact that no one's putting movies out right now, and a lot of games are delayed. And the filthy normies have stolen away a lot of our precious geek gold over the years and turned it disgustingly mainstream. Plus, you know, 12 straight years of titles uses up a lot of the obvious ones.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/24/20 11:45:37 PM #480:	ParanoidObsessive posted... All I could come up with was Cybergeek 2077 and Baldur's Geek III. I was playing around with A Geek in the Lonesome October but it felt a bit too awkward. My usual desire to try and come up with topical titles is kind of hampered by the fact that no one's putting movies out right now, and a lot of games are delayed. And the filthy normies have stolen away a lot of our precious geek gold over the years and turned it disgustingly mainstream. Plus, you know, 12 straight years of titles uses up a lot of the obvious ones. for once PO, i have to agree to literally everything you just said. att his point, we're down to puns and memes. the advantage to being surrounded is that we can attack in any direction... but this was likely also first said by a man wearing a leapoard print onesie lifting triangular weights or doing an old timey boxing pose. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:945052170] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>All I could come up with was Cybergeek 2077 and Baldur's Geek III. I was playing around with A Geek in the Lonesome October but it felt a bit too awkward. My usual desire to try and come up with topical titles is kind of hampered by the fact that no one's putting movies out right now, and a lot of games are delayed. And the filthy normies have stolen away a lot of our precious geek gold over the years and turned it disgustingly mainstream. Plus, you know, 12 straight years of titles uses up a lot of the obvious ones.</quote> for once PO, i have to agree to literally everything you just said. att his point, we're down to puns and memes. the advantage to being surrounded is that we can attack in any direction... but this was likely also first said by a man wearing a leapoard print onesie lifting triangular weights or doing an old timey boxing pose. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/25/20 12:12:28 AM #481:	WhiskeyDisk posted... but this was likely also first said by a man wearing a leapoard print onesie lifting triangular weights or doing an old timey boxing pose. So what you're saying is, by the best possible source of sage wisdom. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:945052937] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote><cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>but this was likely also first said by a man wearing a leapoard print onesie lifting triangular weights or doing an old timey boxing pose.</quote> So what you're saying is, by the best possible source of sage wisdom.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/25/20 12:16:32 AM #482:	ParanoidObsessive posted... So what you're saying is, by the best possible source of sage wisdom. yes and no. that guy was also likely responsible for putting "Irish need not apply" signs in his shop window and was likely on the fence about the whole "Jewish Problem" at the time. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:945053057] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>So what you're saying is, by the best possible source of sage wisdom.</quote> yes and no. that guy was also likely responsible for putting "Irish need not apply" signs in his shop window and was likely on the fence about the whole "Jewish Problem" at the time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/25/20 12:29:09 AM #483:	The Wave Master posted... Make sure to get your final topic suggestions in before the topic ends. "Fall-Geeks" is in the lead thus far. It works on several levels. Boo! And I'm sticking with my previous suggestion: In honor of the Bethesda sale, we could go with *The Geeks Sell Out* (or maybe *Fallout of the Elder Geeks) Although, in honor of the never-ending lockdowns (well, outside states like Florida and Texas), I'll also suggest The Geekdown Continues*. Granted, in the case of CT's lockdowns, it's probably a matter of the governor just having no fucking clue how to do his job and being too scared to admit it, which is why he just copied his neighbors' provisions and then just went a lot harder on them. Or The Geekoween Tree. WhiskeyDisk posted... Geeks Among Us Hallowgeek Geektober is here. I'm really low on ideas. There isn't a hell of a lot to work with these days for geek culture. I'm fine with these 3. I'm also okay with an election one, but that one didn't do it for me. ParanoidObsessive posted... I was playing around with A Geek in the Lonesome October but it felt a bit too awkward. Wasn't familiar with the source material, but the novel looks pretty neat. WhiskeyDisk posted... the advantage to being surrounded is that we can attack in any direction... Then we'll fight in the shade! --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:945053396] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>Make sure to get your final topic suggestions in before the topic ends. "Fall-Geeks" is in the lead thus far. It works on several levels.</quote> Boo! And I'm sticking with my previous suggestion: In honor of the Bethesda sale, we could go with The Geeks Sell Out (or maybe Fallout of the Elder Geeks) Although, in honor of the never-ending lockdowns (well, outside states like Florida and Texas), I'll also suggest The Geekdown Continues. Granted, in the case of CT's lockdowns, it's probably a matter of the governor just having no fucking clue how to do his job and being too scared to admit it, which is why he just copied his neighbors' provisions and then just went a lot harder on them. Or The Geekoween Tree. WhiskeyDisk posted... </cite> <quote>Geeks Among Us Hallowgeek Geektober is here. I'm really low on ideas. There isn't a hell of a lot to work with these days for geek culture.</quote> I'm fine with these 3. I'm also okay with an election one, but that one didn't do it for me. ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>I was playing around with A Geek in the Lonesome October but it felt a bit too awkward.</quote> Wasn't familiar with the source material, but the novel looks pretty neat. WhiskeyDisk posted... </cite> <quote>the advantage to being surrounded is that we can attack in any direction...</quote> Then we'll fight in the shade! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/25/20 12:33:20 AM #484:	Zeus_LLC posted... Then we'll fight in the shade! that quip only really applies to being on the receiving end of an absurd barrage from archery units. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:945053496] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Zeus_LLC posted... </cite> <quote>Then we'll fight in the shade!</quote> that quip only really applies to being on the receiving end of an absurd barrage from archery units. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus_LLC 09/25/20 12:52:19 AM #485:	WhiskeyDisk posted... that quip only really applies to being on the receiving end of an absurd barrage from archery units. They can run, but they can't glide! --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Zeus_LLC posted [p:945053956] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>WhiskeyDisk posted... </cite> <quote>that quip only really applies to being on the receiving end of an absurd barrage from archery units.</quote> They can run, but they can't glide! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/25/20 8:28:26 AM #486:	I don't think I've ever picked a Zeus topic title so I guess it's his turn. (The devil gets his due.) Therefore, submit your best and final submission and we'll keep the train moving. (I like trains) Gamestop opens at noon. (Crazy pandemic times) so the Gamestop is next to the grocery store, and we need to get fixings for Chilli. It's Mississippi fall (68 degrees at night) and the wife and I are making a big pot of Chilli and cornbread. (She likes hers with crackers.) Therefore, It's not a big stretch to wander over the Gamestop next door and try to get a pre-order. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:945060912] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>I don't think I've ever picked a Zeus topic title so I guess it's his turn. (The devil gets his due.) Therefore, submit your best and final submission and we'll keep the train moving. (I like trains) Gamestop opens at noon. (Crazy pandemic times) so the Gamestop is next to the grocery store, and we need to get fixings for Chilli. It's Mississippi fall (68 degrees at night) and the wife and I are making a big pot of Chilli and cornbread. (She likes hers with crackers.) Therefore, It's not a big stretch to wander over the Gamestop next door and try to get a pre-order. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/25/20 1:29:02 PM #487:	Zeus_LLC posted... Wasn't familiar with the source material, but the novel looks pretty neat. A Night in the Lonesome October is a fantastic novel. I've brought it up here in the past as one of my favorite books. And I've occasionally thought about doing a fan pastiche sequel of sorts to it for NaNoWriMo, though I was always too lazy to actually follow up on it. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:945070478] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus_LLC posted...</cite> <quote>Wasn't familiar with the source material, but the novel looks pretty neat.</quote> A Night in the Lonesome October is a fantastic novel. I've brought it up here in the past as one of my favorite books. And I've occasionally thought about doing a fan pastiche sequel of sorts to it for NaNoWriMo, though I was always too lazy to actually follow up on it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/25/20 4:16:22 PM #488:	The Wave Master posted... I don't think I've ever picked a Zeus topic title so I guess it's his turn. (The devil gets his due.) Therefore, submit your best and final submission and we'll keep the train moving. (I like trains) I'm pretty sure I've been picked several times in the past (unless I wound up suggesting the same thing somebody else did or something), although I have no objections to being chosen again and probably shouldn't be bringing up any previous choices. Even though it'll be October -- the most magical month of the year -- which is home to Halloween (the most magical holiday of the year), I think I'm still leaning towards The Geeks Sell Out... although now I'm kinda thinking I should do a Halloween title, especially since these topics have only been lasting about 2 months at a time so it's not going to be as out of place. Maybe Geekhouse of Horror LXI, unless I think of something better. I haven't been with the geek topics as long as everybody else, but I can't recall a Treehouse of Horror nod in the time I've been here? The Wave Master posted... Gamestop opens at noon. (Crazy pandemic times) so the Gamestop is next to the grocery store, and we need to get fixings for Chilli. It's Mississippi fall (68 degrees at night) and the wife and I are making a big pot of Chilli and cornbread. (She likes hers with crackers.) Therefore, It's not a big stretch to wander over the Gamestop next door and try to get a pre-order. I love cornbread, but I don't have it very often. Also I keep seeing people spell "chili" with two "l"s instead of one (starting with a scanlation the other week, but now just on the boards too) and I'm starting to wonder if that's actually a variant spelling... and supposedly other nations go with the two "l"s https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usage-chili-chilli-chile https://www.thespruceeats.com/different-spellings-of-chile-2342844 https://www.chowhound.com/post/chilis-chilies-chiles-chillies-decision-736712 ParanoidObsessive posted... A Night in the Lonesome October is a fantastic novel. I've brought it up here in the past as one of my favorite books. And I've occasionally thought about doing a fan pastiche sequel of sorts to it for NaNoWriMo, though I was always too lazy to actually follow up on it. I can relate, I've never finished writing a novel. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:945076305] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>I don't think I've ever picked a Zeus topic title so I guess it's his turn. (The devil gets his due.) Therefore, submit your best and final submission and we'll keep the train moving. (I like trains)</quote> I'm pretty sure I've been picked several times in the past (unless I wound up suggesting the same thing somebody else did or something), although I have no objections to being chosen again and probably shouldn't be bringing up any previous choices. Even though it'll be October -- the most magical month of the year -- which is home to Halloween (the most magical holiday of the year), I think I'm still leaning towards The Geeks Sell Out... although now I'm kinda thinking I should do a Halloween title, especially since these topics have only been lasting about 2 months at a time so it's not going to be as out of place. Maybe Geekhouse of Horror LXI, unless I think of something better. I haven't been with the geek topics as long as everybody else, but I can't recall a Treehouse of Horror nod in the time I've been here? The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>Gamestop opens at noon. (Crazy pandemic times) so the Gamestop is next to the grocery store, and we need to get fixings for Chilli. It's Mississippi fall (68 degrees at night) and the wife and I are making a big pot of Chilli and cornbread. (She likes hers with crackers.) Therefore, It's not a big stretch to wander over the Gamestop next door and try to get a pre-order.</quote> I love cornbread, but I don't have it very often. Also I keep seeing people spell "chili" with two "l"s instead of one (starting with a scanlation the other week, but now just on the boards too) and I'm starting to wonder if that's actually a variant spelling... and supposedly other nations go with the two "l"s https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usage-chili-chilli-chile https://www.thespruceeats.com/different-spellings-of-chile-2342844 https://www.chowhound.com/post/chilis-chilies-chiles-chillies-decision-736712 <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite>A Night in the Lonesome October is a fantastic novel. I've brought it up here in the past as one of my favorite books. And I've occasionally thought about doing a fan pastiche sequel of sorts to it for NaNoWriMo, though I was always too lazy to actually follow up on it.</quote> I can relate, I've never finished writing a novel. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 09/25/20 7:11:17 PM #489:	The Wave Master posted... I don't think I've ever picked a Zeus topic title so I guess it's his turn. (The devil gets his due.) No! This affirmative action bullshit is getting out of hand! Quotas are not equality! #notmygeektopic --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:945082304] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Wave Master posted...</cite> <quote>I don't think I've ever picked a Zeus topic title so I guess it's his turn. (The devil gets his due.)</quote> No! This affirmative action bullshit is getting out of hand! Quotas are not equality! #notmygeektopic</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/25/20 9:43:25 PM #490:	ParanoidObsessive posted... No! This affirmative action bullshit is getting out of hand! Quotas are not equality! #notmygeektopic Shut up your crazy old robot. I'm surprised you aren't screaming for people to get off your lavatory grounds. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:945087500] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite> <quote>No! This affirmative action bullshit is getting out of hand! Quotas are not equality! #notmygeektopic</quote> Shut up your crazy old robot. I'm surprised you aren't screaming for people to get off your lavatory grounds. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/25/20 11:23:11 PM #491:	The Wave Master posted... get off your lavatory grounds. you misspelled "Lawn". --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:945090577] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>get off your lavatory grounds.</quote> you misspelled "Lawn". </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wave Master 09/26/20 4:32:47 PM #492:	Three months ago I went from having two cats, Beerus and Batman, to now having two cats, a dog, a fish, and as of last night, a bunny. The bunny's name is Oreo Mcflurry Lemon, and he's super soft. Life us strange sometimes. In geek news apparently Final Fantasy XVI has been in development for 4 years. Meaning the game is mostly done, and will be here near the end if 2021 or April 2022 by my guess. I hope it's a good game with a good story. --- We are who we choose to be. <cite>The Wave Master posted [p:945113192] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Three months ago I went from having two cats, Beerus and Batman, to now having two cats, a dog, a fish, and as of last night, a bunny. The bunny's name is Oreo Mcflurry Lemon, and he's super soft. Life us strange sometimes. In geek news apparently Final Fantasy XVI has been in development for 4 years. Meaning the game is mostly done, and will be here near the end if 2021 or April 2022 by my guess. I hope it's a good game with a good story. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/26/20 5:06:29 PM #493:	At this point, I can't imagine I'll ever play a mainline FF again (well, probably excluding FF9 and earlier), although the trailers for one of the new ones make it look really cool. I've kinda got too used to things like fully open-world RPGs with separate quest chains and diminished emphasis on a main campaign. Partly because it's easier to come back to them after not playing for a while without having to really figure out where you left off. In general, I used to view a game's learning curve as some cool thing to master, but now it mostly feels like an impediment to actually playing. The Wave Master posted... Three months ago I went from having two cats, Beerus and Batman, to now having two cats, a dog, a fish, and as of last night, a bunny. The bunny's name is Oreo Mcflurry Lemon, and he's super soft. Life us strange sometimes. Considering that Beerus is based on Anubis, a jackal-headed creature, kinda seems a name more suited for a dog (then again, by that token, I guess your other cat should be named Batcat) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:945114339] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>At this point, I can't imagine I'll ever play a mainline FF again (well, probably excluding FF9 and earlier), although the trailers for one of the new ones make it look really cool. I've kinda got too used to things like fully open-world RPGs with separate quest chains and diminished emphasis on a main campaign. Partly because it's easier to come back to them after not playing for a while without having to really figure out where you left off. In general, I used to view a game's learning curve as some cool thing to master, but now it mostly feels like an impediment to actually playing. The Wave Master posted... </cite> <quote>Three months ago I went from having two cats, Beerus and Batman, to now having two cats, a dog, a fish, and as of last night, a bunny. The bunny's name is Oreo Mcflurry Lemon, and he's super soft. Life us strange sometimes.</quote> Considering that Beerus is based on Anubis, a jackal-headed creature, kinda seems a name more suited for a dog (then again, by that token, I guess your other cat should be named Batcat) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 09/26/20 5:32:40 PM #494:	Zeus posted... Considering that Beerus is based on Anubis, a jackal-headed creature, kinda seems a name more suited for a dog (then again, by that token, I guess your other cat should be named Batcat) Beerus is literally a cat though --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:945115277] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>Considering that Beerus is based on Anubis, a jackal-headed creature, kinda seems a name more suited for a dog (then again, by that token, I guess your other cat should be named Batcat)</quote>Beerus is literally a cat though </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/26/20 5:38:35 PM #495:	Metalsonic66 posted... Beerus is literally a cat though How so? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:945115488] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote>Beerus is literally a cat though</quote> How so? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WhiskeyDisk 09/26/20 5:44:41 PM #496:	I would say Beerus is based on Bast, not Anubis. --- The SBA has closed for business, we thank you for your patronage Assassins. ~there's always free cheese in a mousetrap. <cite>WhiskeyDisk posted [p:945115670] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>I would say Beerus is based on Bast, not Anubis. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 09/26/20 6:13:08 PM #497:	Zeus posted... How so? He's one of those hairless sphinx cats --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:945116528] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>How so?</quote>He's one of those hairless sphinx cats </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revelation34 09/26/20 7:33:28 PM #498:	Metalsonic66 posted... He's one of those hairless sphinx cats We don't support public nudity around these parts. --- Gamertag: Kegfarms, BF code: 2033480226, Treasure Cruise code 318,374,355, Steam: Kegfarms <cite>Revelation34 posted [p:945119211] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted...</cite> <quote> He's one of those hairless sphinx cats </quote> We don't support public nudity around these parts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 09/26/20 7:38:53 PM #499:	Revelation34 posted... We don't support public nudity around these parts. I do! --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:945119394] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Revelation34 posted... </cite> <quote>We don't support public nudity around these parts.</quote>I do! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/26/20 9:02:54 PM #500:	Metalsonic66 posted... He's one of those hairless sphinx cats https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-super-beerus-inspiration-cat-akira-toriyama-anime/ Well, I'll be... That's... surprising. I stand by Batcat, though! /500 /topic --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:945122092] in 28 Geeks L... [t:78893470]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote>He's one of those hairless sphinx cats</quote> https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-super-beerus-inspiration-cat-akira-toriyama-anime/ Well, I'll be... That's... surprising. I stand by Batcat, though! /500 /topic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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