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The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread
Hurlshort replied to Rosbjerg's topic in Way Off-Topic
The guerrilla comment is unfortunate because that is a pretty common term. But as much as I like vocabulary, you really have to go out of your way to use the word niggardly in a sentence. Just like the swastika has fallen out of favor in Buddhist circles, that's a word that conjures up a very negative image. Even without the racial slur connection, it's a pretty negative word that was often thrown in front of Jew as an emphasis. Language changes over time, we have plenty of other choices to describe miserly behavior. You have to be fairly tone deaf to use this word in public. -
Only if they can tap special abilities like rainbow powers and sharply dressed fatalities. But seriously, I just don't understand why they didn't go with an entirely different brand.
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Yeah, I love FTL and dream of a day where I might win the final battle. But that is kind of the point of a rogue game, it should be very unlikely you will win.
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I'm still ticked off that Prey ditched the cool Native American themes. I don't care if it is the new System Shock, I will probably stay away from it simply because of that.
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I would clean up the grammar and the spelling error when inquiring about a writing job. Just a tip.
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I wish they would do that with the education department.
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To be fair to Trump, he thinks he does have the kinda power most people thinks he does.
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All this aside, The President said the murder rate is higher than it has been in 47 years, which is an outright lie. I mean, there is no way to spin that.
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Would the 2014 Spurs Champ team be considered a superstar laden team? Tim Duncan is obviously a legend, but he was pretty old by then.
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Baseball and hockey have complex minor league systems, so I think it is good that basketball has been growing theirs. I'm always a fan of expansion, although basketball is a bit different because you usually only have a couple super teams. How will they ensure those teams are competitive?
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That would be a huge boost for Oakland.
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Years of delays? It's been available as early access for over a year now, so people that worry about that stuff can see it in action. To be honest, anyone that thought the game would release in 2014 was not paying attention. I believe Kickstarter actually only lets you set a date so far in the future, so that is why the majority of these games do not hit their targets. This was what, a 4 year development cycle? That doesn't sound that much longer than your typical big RPG. PoE started in 2012 and launched in 2015, so Torment basically took an extra year.
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Not really the point, any spike after 40 years of decreases is going to look big in comparison.
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I think we should move past the outright hostility. I am going to stop teasing WoD over the magna **** laude and stalinist stuff, and maybe we can agree to stop taking potshots at our careers and using vulgarities. Just an idea.
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I'm not a fan of Bill Maher, but he is right about the murder rate. Portraying as the highest spike in crime since 1971 is a mischaracterization. What it really shows is that the plummeting crime rates of the last few decades may be leveling out. edit: At the same time, Pier Morgan is the only one speaking any sense when it comes to handling Trump.
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I suppose that makes two of us.
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Installing one or two mods that takes 10 minutes is confusing? These are two very different statements. edit: Also, I have four different copies of Evil Dead. They have different cases and somewhat different bonus features, but they are all the same movie. That isn't an issue, I don't know why Beamdog is an issue for you. If you are a fan of the game, it should be a good thing that they can run a business model off milking the franchise. It doesn't diminish the original in any way.
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Hey, I give the kids blankets. My wife would agree with all of you.
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The top commentator on that youtube video was Arvid Axelsson, and he had a similar complaint with what looked a bit like a Warhammer avatar. But looking closer it seems like the avatar was from Dead Space. Your secret identity is still safe.
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Is that you, Arvid?
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It isn't fraud. They are still delivering a video game. You are upset because they didn't deliver on all their promises of content. That's perfectly reasonable, although that is a risk when you crowdfund a game. They offered a refund, which is actually a bit above what you should expect when you take part in crowdfunding. But that isn't enough for you? I've got multiple unfulfilled games I pledged for on Kickstarter, some of them are going on 5 years now. Odds are I will never see them. That sucks, but that was a risk I took. InXile is releasing actual playable games, with real graphics and game mechanics. So excuse me if I think your plight is a bit trite.
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I'd say the refund alone almost doesn't cut it. imagine paying for a game in Steam and then finding a completely different game in your library. sure, you can get a refund, but it doesn't change the fact that you didn't get the game you had paid for in the first place. Come on. This is ridiculous. You are talking about a video game here.
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We paired cookies with some beers today, it was pretty fun. I also went full nerd and made a rubric for our beer drinking, and now we assign letter grades. Black Butte Porter was the only unanimous A.
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I keep my heat at 65 degrees and I am paying out the nose.
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We learn more from our failures than our successes.