ShadySands

I dunno, I'm kinda glad that judges can step in even if I don't always agree with them. I think for me it's because we don't directly vote on anything at the federal level except our representatives who can then do whatever they want once elected. I know we can choose not to reelect them but that's after 2/4/6 years as I don't think we have a federal recall. I guess I just view it as an extra check.

According to this site California seems to have the worst property damage but Texas gets more fires and Oklahoma had the most land burned

Still it's uncouth to not pretend to care

This is true freedom

Another week, another loss for my fantasy team. Even with Rodgers going out I thought I would win because my opponent is playing 2 people who have a bye week. I'm losing against a guy who doesn't even log in to change his lineup. Worst of all he's winning the whole league.

I've never seen any of those shows (Breaking Bad, Rick and Morty, The Wire) and don't plan to. They just don't appeal to me. I might check out the Vampire one for an episode or two.

Would you board Flight 666 to HEL on Friday the 13th?

Zeke's 6 game suspension is back on.

I don't know if this is the right place for this, maybe the random news thread would be better but I like to live dangerously Family held hostage by Taliban freed after 5 years I guess my biggest question is who goes backpacking in Afghanistan while there's a (never ending) war there? I don't mean to imply they got what they deserved but I have questions about their motivations and judgment.

Any of the old guard still there? Dunno, I think Hudson came back Is alanschu still there? I know he doesn't come around here anymore

Laidlaw leaves BioWare

We're magnanimous like that Slightly more on topic Donald Trump doesn't seem to understand the stock market. Or the national debt. Is it sad how entertained I am by this presidency? 4 more years!

Apologies for assuming

Again, if that's your assumption of what small DLC from Obsidian is going to be like then so be it. I prefaced my entire argument on mixed DLC being comprised of all "good" DLC, dunno why he's changing the argument to make it a small = bad issue. I took issue with his assumptions because they all ran counter to my initial argument not that there is no historical precedent of DLC of any size that is bad. Again, let's just agree to disagree. *edited slightly now that I'm sober.

Your first paragraph you set up an analogy that assumes DLC or rocking chairs will be cranked out at lower quality. Not sure where your basis for this is and I reject this assumption. To steal a line from the promancers, just because some other companies have done a poor job doesn't mean that Obs will. Second paragraph, you lead with there not being a time to quality but then follow with the quick and small stuff being not very well thought out. Again, I've already stated assuming it's good stuff, because who likes crap, and you've started from a default of assuming it's bad. Third paragraph, more of the same, assuming big DLC will be of better quality than smaller and assuming the smaller stuff will be arbitrary weapons packs or whatever else. Why? Is this something Obsidian is known for that I don't recall? Off the top of my head I can think of several different types of smaller DLC that Obsidian could do that aren't horse armor or weapon packs/reskins. I don't think we will see eye to eye on this so shall we just agree to disagree.

I remember, I think it was the Gault part of the Bounty Hunter story that was the final nail in the SWTOR coffin for you. I don't blame you, I didn't like the BH story very much either. But yeah, MMOs are a different beast and even though SWTOR was trying to be KOTOR 3-whatever the MMOness of it was hard to overcome.

You're relying on some of assumptions that I don't necessarily agree with Which is why I have "(who likes bad DLC)" there because I feel it's a little silly to argue on that level. So how about this, everything else being equal do I want (mmm) beefy DLC, small DLC, or a mix.... I'd still say a mix

https://www.tor.com/2017/08/15/brandon-sanderson-oathbringer-serialization-announcement/

Andromeda is now available on EA and Origin access. Though if you have either of them then I'm guessing you've likely already bought it. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, Andromeda is now available on EA's subscription service which runs about 5 bucks a month or 30 bucks if you go in for a year, if I'm remembering the prices correctly. In summation, you can basically rent Andromeda and a slew of other EA games for a month for a fiver.

A game about AI making paperclips is the most addictive you’ll play today

You are correct, sir. It does not but this offer does come with I think a 15 day premium status though I couldn't tell you what that gives off the top of my head. I liked ESO well enough but I preferred SWTOR and LOTRO over it

To be honest, most of it sounds like pure shovelware. It's kinda crazy... and sad. Technically, "so many people bought game x", but in truth it just has been in a package with something else and nobody really looked at it at all. I agree with most of that, however, I can personally endorse a few of these games like GalCiv3, NBA2k, ESO, maybe a few others like Might and Magic. Unfortunately, my tastes are pretty narrow so I can really only speak to RPGs, sports, and strategy.