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Tainted Grail's "giant patch" finally came out today. And it's definitely huge - although ofc a lot of things are balance, bug, and small dungeon/loot/other type things. Still, it's massive. I'll probably wait for a little longer to see if there are any quick patches for the patch, but looks like time for a new playthru - or at least loading a save in early Act 1 perhaps. Also, transmog (at least in some crafting form) and NG+. So one can finally replay to get different loot re: such choices, all on one chr. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1466060/view/541115924558645329 But most importantly - will Cohh finally get back to his playthrough "soon"? That was his most entertaining/he seemed like he was having a grand ol' time playthru VoD's in years, for me (I don't watch twitch anymore but I check Cohh a bit more, recently, since he started dual-streaming to YT/leaving the Live VoD's up, vs only Twitch). I was sad when he put it on hold, wanted to see him finish.

I did trickster ripost tank a bunch of times already, I just wanted to experiment with something new (although I very much prefer to use Ryngrim's on tricksters nowdays over the defelction buffs). I wanted to do steel garrote a bunch of times, but always ended up on the conclusion that Kind Wayfarer just selfheals better. That's sort of how I envisioned it, with mid/high con, all the AR buffs etc. Death's Maw is pretty good idea, I always forget that helm exists. I'm a bit thorn on Unbroken. I love the idea, and thematically it's the subclass probably closest to what I like, but that +1AR is not all that much, and even on a build dedicated to proccing disengagement hits I chose Devoted instead (my last paythrough was devoted/trickster with Willbreaker). That said I used unbroken plenty of times, I just find that it could use a bit of a buff.

Technically, the US hasn't declared war since World War II, so we haven't really lost anything. These have all been Presidential actions, and unless Congress formally declares war you can't expect the full backing of the country or its economy. Hence the supposed lack of "victories". It has nothing to do with the name change. I shudder to think what would happen if little Trump takes the US into another (non-internal) conflict.

Video Shows UFO Get Hit by Hellfire Missile, Continues Flying Unobstructed Caveat, the article is from TMZ, but a pretty wild embedded video is in the link.

Been playing a bit of Star Trek Online and just finished another game of Rogue Trader. Nothing is really interesting me right now.

Images of Shoemaker-Levy 9 (or rather, its fragments) crash into Jupiter were one of the astronomy highlights of the 90ies. 's not always you get to see the aftermath of a 300 gigaton impact.

Canned tuna isn't so bad as ironically the cheaper tuna variants used for canning are less contaminated - probably should not stuff your face with thuna sashimi every day though. Don't see anyone making a case for tuna being a superfood (if anything influences would probably try to pawn you some omega 3 supplements). If you don't know, matcha is made by grinding tencha leaves that you're then consuming along with the tea. Now, as long as you buy high quality matcha tea and keep your consumption below three grams per day that should not be an issue. Cheap Chiniese knockoffs might even contain some fun pesticides as a bonus though. Spooning it into your breakfast bowl because some influencer told you it cures every disease on the planet? Yeah, probably not that bright of an idea. Not to mention expensive. To reiterate my main point, this is a case of cultural apporpriation that actually causes detrimental effects, with Japanese people complaining that Americans and Europeans buy up their matcha, leaving them with not enough for their ceremonies where making matcha is well beyond consuming the latest silly superfood hype. Unlike wearing dreads or wearing traditional Chinese garb as an American, where no one but the Twatteria cared. Well, and Fridays for Future, a youth protest movement complaining about the hairdo of people. WhenI was young, that used to be the favorite past time of old people. Just found it funny. Where are the sh*tstorms and cancellations?

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First Topper is probably the best from memory. From a Thorne Smith book which is a solid start, and Young, Grant, Constance Bennet and Billie Burke are all solid. Second one has a lot of similar gags but loses Grant. Third is a comedy murder mystery with Joan Blondell as a new ghost pulling Cosmo into adventure (solving her murder) to the annoyance of his wife.

--Freaky Tales is on HBO/Max and rentable via Prime already. I have it watchlisted. Like with everything I watchlist, I may get around to it "someday." --Casablanca - I tried to watch that once years ago. I was bored, didn't finish. I've seen all the famous clips and quips of course. High Sierra and Treasure of the Sierra Madre was more my speed re: Bogart/time period. I think they were the only two of his films I finished. Most films before mid-late-50's I won't get half way through them, with the cinematic styles of the period and stage like acting/direction just not doing it for me. There are notable exceptions, of course. High Noon, 12 Angry Men, Grapes of Wrath, early Hitch**** films, Singing in the Rain, early sci-fi. etc. But I remember this film I saw on TV once, I loved it back then. Called ... (google fu) ... Topper, 1937 (in b&w, never saw colorized versions, don't want to). Maybe one of 2 or 3 Cary Grant films I've seen in full. It was comedic/funny and Roland Young as the older Topper was great. Now I want to find/see it again. Don't think I saw the sequels. Edit: I probably liked light comedies/musicals of those eras more than other genres.

Not sure about that. The EU is extremely anal about such things, so I kind of have a hart time imagining that stuff like this would really slip through here like that (someone prove me wrong).

I never actually watched the original Casablanca, but I believe that many years ago I've watched some movie about Hong Kong in WW2(?) which had an oddly similar plot. Can't remember the name. Maybe one day I will finally watch the original Casablanca.

^You dont even want to look at tuna too closely. All that mercury can potentially booger up your reproduction.

Tonight they are showing Casablanca. You may of course not have heard of this movie as it is ultra contemporary. It is basically about the current state of the world, talking about resistance against fascism as well as the plight of refugees trying to reach the USA.

Doesn't most food have lead in it? At the end of the day it's the amount that matters.

Wow, I knew that films take a while to reach overseas cinemas, but half a century?

I somehow missed the message under the video. But hey, good reminder to watch it.

Last thing I watched in the cinema was Barefoot in the Park with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda...

Yes, and Hurl watched it.

Am I missing something, isn't Freaky Tales out already?

What you can make happen relatively easily is that you don't quite outheal the average incoming damage with draining and other "side effect" healing stuff. That requires you to monitor your health closely and get the occasional actively triggered healing burst (to not just die) - but it allows for longer times under 50% health. Against weaker foes it will prevent you from going under 50% though - but that might be the fights wherer you don't need to go there anyway (because easy). I didn't try that a lot with a Streetfighter, but SC Furyshaper (bc. of Blooded and Fighting Spirit, using Blood Ward etc.). A lot of CON helps to manage that a lot. But it will never work smoothly or perfectly well because all fights/enemies are different, rolls are chance-based etc. But on average it allows you to be under 50% health longer which can directly add to your offensive output (even if you have to shift some points from a "good for offense"-attribute like DEX/MIG/PER to one which usually is associated with defense/survival - like CON). What also helps is high AR (ideal if you can activate it at low health, see Reckless Brigandine) and getting grazed a lot when under 50% (swichting to a shield for example). And in addition to that have some damage resistance/reductiuon, too (Death's Maw and something like that. Death's Maw is pretty cool in this case because it only triggers when there's dead bodies around you which isn't at the start of the fight - where you might want to get hit harder until you get damaged too much). I played an Unbroken/Streetfighter main tank with Gladiator Sword + Bronlar's Phalanx - but he woud start the fights dual wielding often (no investment in two handed style) and then switch to the large shield as soon as under 50%. That allowed him to stay under 50% for a long time and made him perform a lot better than trying to keep on with the dual wielding.