LadyCrimson

It's amusing to see my old, tiny 10speed bike sitting right next to my hubby's gigantic old bike (he bought a used one recently, fixing it up). Mine has something like 20-21" tires with the top frame bar being maybe only 27" off the ground, and his has 27" tires, but a much larger/higher frame than typical for that size. He really wanted 29" tires but they don't seem to make those too often. Hubs took my bike apart and carried just the main frame into a bike shop (he needed help getting a bolt loose) and they looked at it, looked at him, and then apparently said "this frame is really small, this isn't for you, is it?" (edit: mine's 27-28" off ground, not 29-30, changed it)

Pretty much. My personal problem is I have no other game I'm at all interested in at the moment. Waiting for Torchlight2. So uninstalling D3 hasn't happened yet. I've loaded my Monk with MF gear and just keep running Act1/Inferno over and over. The items may be the suck 98% of the time but it's still something to do when bored. Blizzard's Anonymous R Us. It's even worse when you don't have to worry about a 9-5 type job. Btw, I'm told an actual expansion may be more like 2-3 years off. They'll probably spend the first year patching in PvP and all that other stuff people thought would already be done by now. Harhar.

Monk's rock. I know someone else who thinks that, altho they were comparing it to their wizard/witch doctor. I haven't really noticed a huge difference between classes myself. I think it's primarily about how long it takes you to kill large groups at once, because the globes have a chance to drop at certain points. Something like, (monster) half health, then 1/4 health...don't remember the math. The rate/probabilities are different for Normal, Blue, Rare, etc. So easier they are to kill, the less likely they'll drop globes. And if one is avoiding a lot of Elites, you'll see them less often perhaps. Sometimes I get a lot, sometimes I don't see many at all. Something like this (don't know if all the hotfixes/patch might have altered this by now a bit tho)

Tree of Life. I don't see the big deal about this film. It's very pretty, and yes it's "lyrical" and "spiritual." But watching 20 minutes of CGI "space" kaleidoscope/images set to new age music is a bit much to take. The real-actor portion of the movie, which is mostly in the middle, was better, with good actors and visual editing (there's not much dialogue) but overall...not my sort of thing. My mother might like it a lot tho...except she'd probably get bored by that first long "space" sequence and turn it off before they got to the part she'd actually appreciate. Edit: I do get that the film is trying to be high visual motion art with a spiritual "message" or whatever, perhaps, but ... eh...yeah, just not for me.

Oh no, nothing like that. There are just those certain games where self-discipline (or lack of) becomes an issue. You have no idea how long it took me to break the WoW treadmill, even long after I was sick of the game. I think it's more they overestimated how long crap drop rates, uninteresting items, and gold farming would keep people interested.

It's amazing how, no matter how awesome/relaxing/great the vacation is/was, there's still...no place like home. Which doesn't mean I haven't wanted to stay longer in some places than I had the time for. But I'm always so glad to return home to "my" space, too. Thanks for sharing.

Does anyone know if, when you uninstall the game, your characters are kept "alive" on their servers for a while/forever, ala WoW, or if they're deleted upon uninstall? After thinking starting "from scratch" in HC mode+fear of dying might be entertaining/a non-boring change of pace at this point, and discovering it wasn't, I'm ready to stop playing. But I don't want to lose the chrs. yet...not until I see the 1st expansion. So... ? Edit: looks like you can uninstall without losing them (not surprising) but still leaves me wondering if their storage time is infinite...

At that apparent rate, they will soon run out of streetlight poles to carry out capital punishment. Leaders better start campaigning for some new construction funds, pronto.

Except for that first pink car (I'm not into hot pink), I don't see an issue with those cars in that OP article. At least looks wise. Never saw the point in owning a car that's like a race car when you can't (legally) drive it like a race car (except on a track). I'm very much not a "shoes" woman, but I would totally drive this car. Also, this decal shall henceforth be put on any vehicle I ever own, for the rest of my life.

Not funny so much as ... just awesome. They did a great job "recreating" the original music video but using the SW lyrics/theme.

@greylord - what they've done, essentially - imo - is to remove what little "rpg" element the Diablo games had and turned it into a 3rd person action game only. Now, I'd be the first person to say calling the Diablo's RPG's is a pretty big stretch, but the key for me there is that at least it had some sense of *me* having control of my character's progression and development, via stats and skill choices. I had the pleasure of feeling like *I* controlled how the chr. developed, to some degree at least. There are still skill choices in D2 (the runes) but it's nowhere near the same kind of choice/control/decision feeling as before. It's very distanced. Thus instead of wanting to replay the game dozens of times, for months or years (farming gear for all those characters too) you play it 1-3 times, try all the rune options in a day or three, and then get bored because there's nothing else to motivate/do. So instead of a long-life, "action-rpg" hack slash romp game, you get a short-life action game...basically like 98% of other action titles out there that have little replay value even if they're great fun the first time through. GameSpy had an opinion article on the topic here: Opinion: Diablo 3 Isn't an Action RPG

I "messed up" plenty of characters in D1 and D2 and kept going. They all did fine and beat Hell difficult etc. People often exaggerate the extent misplacing a few stat points "gimps" their character, so I consider using that excuse almost as lame as ppl with uber min/maxing obsessions. That said, I do understand that not everyone has time/enjoys replaying to rebuild repeatedly. At my current age/place in time, I don't enjoy it as much as I used to....but I do still like having the choice/motivation to do so, if I wish.

Oh, I like Cage too. His over-acting is priceless and I'll often watch a film just because he's in it. But Wicker Man was too much even for me. And yes, Cage had some income or property tax issues. But I think his bigger problem is that he apparently has a multimillion property/home buying obsession (15 houses/castles), as well as other mega-pricey habits. Lots of lawsuits were flung around as a result. Whether this still applies, I don't know. Could be paid off at this time and now he's just slumming/used to the easy packchecks.

Oh god. The Wicker Man remake is one of the worst. Cage at his finest. The original is a better film....if a bit more dull...tho I still wouldn't say it's great.

It doesn't change anything re:stats tho. People still do exactly the same thing. One stat+VIT. Except now you get it all from your items. Actually, it's even worse, because now you don't even have to use stats to wear gear, so the emphasis is even more on 2-3 "stats" than it ever was before. eg, everyone still builds their stats exactly the same way. Basically, people who never liked to "redo/replay" the game to try out different skills are going to like D3's method better. People who did like to replay the game to try new things are going to dislike it, because it kills any motivation to replay the game and thus you're left with a MMO-like endgame of....nothing.

Hubs has been trying to repair/fix up an old 10speed bike he got from someone, and maybe fix up my very ancient 10speed as well. We bought a couple hybrid mountain/street bikes 15 years ago or so, but neither of us really liked them that much in the long run. Not to mention, quality new bicycles have become really expensive these days. The old 10-speeds from the late 70's/early 80's (skinny tires, low curved hand grip/bars) are still my favorite casual/street biking bicycle. All the new fangled weird bicycle designs turns me off for some reason and definitely not into "off road/mountain" bike designs. They often aren't comfortable either. Anyway...maybe we can get these old ones in working order and like bicycling again. Might be nice.

To be fair, D2 had this problem to a degree as well. A sorc orb+shield was always going to beat using a 2H staff, for example. But at least using a 2H staff was a decently viable option if one wanted to play that way. I think most complaints are going to be about how Inferno's difficulty/how they make it difficult creates a situation where players feel they must do this, must have that, in order to survive...thus killing diversity/strategy. And I don't understand why they put "random attributes" on Legendaries. Their drop rate is abysmal to begin with, and then when one does drop, 95% of the time the random roll on the item will suck...even to the point you can't give it away on the AH. Really sucks the life out of farming for kewl loot. ie, a Legendary staff for the Monk should not spawn with strength and intelligence....not the way the game is geared to main-stat+VIT at the moment. D2 had it right, imo...Uniques with static stats, but those stats could come in a range (the excitement of actually finding a "perfect" unique). All the stats should have had larger bonuses, giving all classes more incentive to use gear that has those stats. eg, STR increased block percentage by a bit, when you have a shield equipped, or something, so stacking it higher, trading a little dps/health for it, would be theoretically helpful. Or something. The patch - and a lot of extra MF - did make farming a bit more "fun," but at the moment I'm mostly killing time until I can try Torchlight2.

Here. This is more like what I see: http://crimsonkeep.com/wallpapers/data/media/128/D3-items-GAH-004.jpg (most results won't have high VIT or crit. dmg as attribute) http://crimsonkeep.com/wallpapers/data/media/128/D3-items-GAH-001.jpg (most results won't have sockets) Note there aren't very many, either. Edit: Also, 2H weapons on a Monk suck, imo. They're not only very slow, but a shield or 2nd weapon for the stats is much much better. And armor with 3-digit VIT/DEX+Resist All (and preferably sockets too) etc. is also in the millions.

Try finding one that has: +200 (or more) VIT, +150 (or more) Dex, 440 Life-On-Hit (preferably more), and has a socket (crit. damage gem). Because that's what my 550dps Fist has. My 2nd weapon also has 120VIT, 130dex, 400 on hit, 95% crit damage (attribute+gem in socket). So basically I need weapons that will at least come close to replacing those stats, or make it up on other gear. 900 dps weapons alone DO NOT raise my combat dps if I lose the Dex, and crit. hit damage. I've tried that already. If I put one on, my overall dps DROPS by about 2000. P.S. "% Converted to Life" is almost useless in Inferno to melee, btw. That 2.9% gets reduced by some large percentage (Inferno penalty) and thus Life on Hit = more. P.P.S. - on US weapons like I need/want are going for multi-millions. I sold an 840dps, 600 life-on-hit WD Knife, that had no other attributes on it, for two million, to give you an idea. And I still can't buy a Fist or Sword that would suit my needs. Life on Hit is expensive.

Finally got my Monk's MF up to 162% (including Valor). Makes quite a bit of difference (from having only 75-100%) when farming Act1/Inferno. Can't keep it all on for Act2 tho, sadly. All I need is a 700dps weapon and I might feel comfy moving on to Act3... but I can't find one and certainly can't "afford" one. Either I'll get lucky soon or it's going to take a long time.... Ouch. I start to cry if ping in games moves towards 250-300.

I have got to get me some uber gear for the Templar (with lots life and resists), so I can punt this mouthy Enchantress off a cliff.

Hm. That new Dredd trailer makes it look....like every other modern day sci-fi action film. But the guy playing Dredd seems a decent fit, from the trailer. Except his voice isn't quite as "imposing" as I might like. Still....even if it's a great improvement over Stallone's version and truer to the comic (not hard to do....), it'll never have Stallone and Assante hamming it up so we can have annoyingly amusing YouTube remixes.

*turn on PC, play a mp3, read the internet* *typetypetypitytype* ::Power goes out::: "Hm, no computer. I'll watch TV. No, wait. I'll do the dishes/run dishwasher. No, wait. I'll make lunch. Oops, no microwave. I'll take some photos. Forgot, my battery still needs recharging...etc." *opens a can of soda, walks outside* ... "Hey, nice day out here." *45 minutes later* ... "These blackberries on our bushes are almost ripe, need some ice cream." *an hour later" ... "Grocery stores don't function well without power, either." ::Power comes back on::

That last pic makes RV'ing look so comfy/relaxing. And yeah, the RV's that are sorta like tall vans or small delivery trucks would probably be what we'd get, if we ever get one. Interior size isn't too much issue since it's just us two, tho being tall enough for hub to largely stand up in would be a requirement. I'm too short to drive those things so he has to be comfy with visibility stuff. We could rent one a few times a year instead I suppose but meh....I hate renting.