Gorth

Etymology of weed smoking... from the old tradition of smoking wheat

'a' is the first letter in the word 'announcement'...

Yeah, I'm such an idiot. Good thing I'm not a politician, I would probably never be able to keep a promise. Did unsub, enjoyed not having the game around for a while and then got "suckered" into re-subbing again by my friends. Downed my first ever NiM Boss last week (or "Master" as they call it now because... yeah, makes perfect sense, right?). Writhing Horror bit the dust in Terror From Beyond and started on the Dread Warriors (Ciphas, Kel'Sara and Heirad). Heirad bit the dust and Ciphas was close, but no cigar. Several problems. My complete lack of skill, practise and gear for one. 220 gear might have been good for HM in 4.0, but for NiM in 5.0 it's just not good enough. Need to find some time to work on the gear once they change the gearing system. Not fair to the healers that I take so much damage as tank and the dps have to work overtime to compensate for my lack of decent dps. Told the Boss he needs to put me on the 'b' team for a while until geared up. Oh yeah, having fun too with our "guest" dps. 3 guys who agreed to help us out. The top parsing sniper on Harbinger at the moment on the parsley leaderboard and friends. Holding aggro against those guys is a challenge all on it's own Seriously Bioware, the command point system adds as much entertainment to the game as having a root canal done.

Good thing I already finished my coffee!

From the 'weird world' category I suppose (and because I don't feel like creating a new politics thread) Worlds largest communist economy argues for free trade, worlds largest capitalist country wants to tear up free trade agreements

That has to be a trick question... It has to be so long that you feel the time and money invested in it was worth it. Trying to put a number on it is as pointless as trying to give a game a "score".

Who says they are evil? Star Wars shows its age. Back then people would be cheering for terrorist organisations blowing up government property

Nostalgia corner... music from when Gorth was a young teenager: http://youtu.be/d1dP6H2_Gak

One of several games on my to-do list. Made 3 half hearted attempts since buying it, but I don't think I made it out of the "tutorial" bit even once Promised myself to not even install Witcher 3 until I've worked my way through Pillars of Eternity (and expansions) as well as Tyranny. At least I've made some headway on Pillars

Not sure how, but somehow I managed to miss the new posts from November onwards Awesome work Buttercheese

BruceVC... I would recommend looking up "Echelon". BBC has some good articles on it. Unless of course you believe no western country would ever spy on another country. Raise hands all those who thinks western intelligence services would never try to 'help' leaders to power that might be more favourable to them? It's not that many doubt the Russians tried to meddle in things, it's just that I suspect most expect everyone to do it and only pointing fingers at one participant in that particular game of realpolitik seems a bit odd.

Porn or Quantum Mechanics, such difficult choices for todays internet search... I wonder if those guys needed a degree to reach that conclusion? @Gromnir: A worrying trend. European history has its own share of what happens when enough (especially young) feels a hopeless situation can only be alleviated by the local demagogue.

Being member number 666, I guess it's only fitting I get to write reply number 666 in this thread... More forumite daily adventures here

Start of old thread End of old thread I have an alt on these boards... Below is quoted from Orogun, end of previous thread: Isn't a Skald a viking bard? What's the difference? Do Skalds only play heavy metal and don't require consent to bed someone?

Had one of those slightly surreal experiences the day before yesterday. Many people will know, that simple chores is not something we spend a lot of thoughts on, our brains works out a plan and tells our body to go ahead and execute it. Funny situations occur when things get in the way and prevents your body from executing the "script" that the brain came up with. Was about to take out the rubbish when I got home from work and yes, it's one of those things you barely engage 3 brain cells to do. Thing is just, I made it halfway to the rubbish bin in my backyard when I stopped. Standing there for some very long moments with a dumb, uncomprehending look on my face before the brain pulled the manual override lever and asked my body why it had stopped. Turned out there was a large tree in my backyard that usually wasn't there. In fact, I was very sure there didn't used to be a tree between my backdoor and the rubbish bin at all. I put the rubbish down where I stood and walked back in again. That would be a task for another day :D As it turned out, torrential rain and very strong winds had torn parts off a very large, old tree in the neighbours garden and it had fallen down, through the fence, on top of my backyard and was leaning up against the house wall and roof. It was just that bizarre realisation of how much we sometimes do without conscious thought that struck me as somewhat "enlightening"

5 days left as a sub, then the game gets uninstalled for good. 4+ years and thousands of dollars later, I guess I need to find a new hobby. The process of disillusionment that started with the removal of the Unload skill was completed when they removed my beloved flamethrower. While only taking all the fun out of my main character, the command point bull**** was the proverbial iceberg that sank the game for me. Might actually help me reducing my backlog of unplayed single player games.

Obvious alts... MelkathII, MelkathIII, MelkathIV, MelkathV, MelkathVI ?

I wonder if there isn't some kind of irony in there... People complaining about Obsidian always making sequels At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I would sell my soul for a WH40K Inquisitor rpg (with good TB combat).

The game was on a 50% off sale (the GOTY version) late December. Decided to pick it up from GOG. At my current catch up speed on old games, I should be ready to play in about 2-3 years

But... but... X-Com: Apocalypse had a real time combat option, and it was significantly easier to win the game with it. Not to mention a truckload faster. Enemy amounts near the end really got ludicrous. Probably. I tried it for half an encounter and decided that rts mechanics does truly suck in tactical combat. Never touched it again

I know, there is an "official" happy holidays thread, but since I generally detest political correctness, let's call a spade a spade and call the holiday by its name. No, I don't really celebrate Christmas (that would make me a hypocrite in my own eyes), but I can appreciate it is a matter of importance for a lot of people. So, to all you out there who celebrate it and to whom it matters, I wish you Merry Christmas and all the best for you and your loved ones. PS: Happy New Year too to those who wont be around between the holidays.

Eric Musco on their ideas for changes to gearing More RNG Hey folks, There is some good conversation going on in this thread but I thought I would pop in and explain how it is currently planned to work in 5.1. The last boss of each Operation is guaranteed to drop unassembled pieces of a specific slot (we are still working out how many pieces drop). Each other boss in an Operation has an increasing chance (by boss) to drop any unassembled piece, not a specific slot. For the sake of the example I am about to make, I will use Karagga's Palace. Everything listed below is an example and not necessarily what will be in-game, these are just representative of the way the system will work. 1st boss (Bonethrasher) - 20% chance to drop any unassembled piece. 2nd boss (Jarg and Sorno) - 25% chance to drop any unassembled piece. 3rd boss (Foreman Crusher) - 30% chance to drop any unassembled piece. 4th boss (Fabricator) - 35% chance to drop any unassembled piece. Final boss (Jarg and Sorno) - 100% chance to drop unassembled head piece. Hopefully that clears up any confusion! -eric ...and this, is why I look forward to save *lots* of real world money 2017.

Didn't know you could get a degree in that... Me, I don't put much weight on formality, I just ask my gay friends (or a couple of family members) If I'm curious about something related to the subject. No better way to get straight (pun unintended) answers.

Ban Euro Truck Driving Simulator! Games like that lead our young astray and turn them into violent offenders. J/K of course, my condolences to the victims relatives. Sadly the latter will probably be reduced to fuel for the internal political squabbling in Germany.

My problem is, the few games I truly enjoyed in 2016 were most likely released 2015 or earlier Dishonoured (the first one) and Pillars of Eternity being the better known ones. Yes, I'm always a bit behind the curve when it comes to catching up on games. A Curious Expedition being the lesser known title I had fun playing.