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To quote myself from the previous page, it's really a "non event" for old timers in the game. Odds are, you know the existing class missions inside out already and the loot is completely irrelevant. Of course, being a hypocrite, I still created two new alts (one imp, one pub) just to check out what the new companion is about. I justify it to myself with one of them replacing a level 15 healer commando that i was in the process of leveling up for operations anyway, so I deleted him and recreated him. At least I didn't have to wait 3 hours for Esseles to pop this time, got 2 pops with a max wait of 5 minutes each and everyone having done it before, the run took 25 minutes each time. At least that was a bit of silverlining on the dark skies of the end game content horizon. Having a blast reading some of the butt hurt on the forums. It's hilarious how many people are whinging about heroics credits rewards being reduced to get closer to pre-4.0 levels. You would think people didn't have even the most basic grasp of economics. Credits flowing into the game in huge quantities from gold farmers and heroics. Guess which problem they fix first, the easy one to fix. It's like the new players have absolutely no idea of how people made credits before 4.0 (hint: weeklies and dailies, which incidentally still exists, but no, too much work and doesn't give you a million credits a day for 45 minutes of effort). Giving ridiculous payout for heroics was probabluy the brainchild of the same brigt person who thought giving the best gear in the game from the easiest ops was a great idea, lets remove any motivation for doing something other than highlighted HM and FP ops

A new giant centipede has been discovered — also it can swim If it somehow survvives the hot water, odds are, evolution will also make its offspring heat resistant

Not exactly "elderly", but during my teenage years, I had a few half-uncles (mothers half-brothers), one of which was a heroin addict. Long story short, for a short time, my parents were the legal guardians after the home they stayed in got closed by the police after it came you that the kids were both sexually abused, subjected to physical torture of the kind you see in horror movies (held down in bath tabs with icy cold waters to the point of drowning etc.). They ended up there in the first place after their mother died from cancer and their father committed suicide shortly after, so off to a bad start in life. In any case, my parents trieed their best to take in another few kids besides their own and it was just a task too big for what was then very young parents. When the oldest of them got the withdrawal symptons, he would run off to the local pushers and get his "fix". We usually knew which geneneral area to comb through the hangouts of needle users at the time. Under bridges, abandoned backyards, public toilets (this was the 80's train stations and similar places didn't have controlled access to their toilets). Few things beat kicking your way through white, clammy corpses lying on the ground, blood having trickled from ruptured veins, covered in vomit and an all penetrating smell of old urine and feces. I still remember touching the "flesh" of my relative when hoisting him uup and started dragging him out into the open and back home. Incredibly, he lived for another few decades before dying from OD (I suspect he lived so long because he spent most of that time in jail). Still, it leaves an impression on a 15 year old when you see that much human misery up close and I still can't stand being around "bodily fluids", so no desensitizing there Edit to add: I seem to remember those "homes" are called orphanages in English.

They do have some funny traditions in the UK Parliament... The Commons Chamber "It also remains the case that in the United Kingdom MPs can only transfer their allegiance from government to opposition, or vice versa, by crossing the floor in plain view. During debates, members speaking on opposing sides are also not meant to step over the red lines on the carpet, which are said to equal two sword lengths." (Apparently they used to carry swords for debating in the past)

What, you mean that they actually had to get and do something??? Sorry, no sympathy from this old grognard

Bought some some stuff for my laptop, being tired of using the keyboard and relatively small monitor (most of my belongings are still in storage in Germany). Got a mechanical keyboard (of course) and a nice medium sized monitor with 2560x1440 resolution. Got it home, unboxed, set up and... only came with full sized HDMI (and DVI, neither of which is on my laptop) cables. Ah well, no biggie, went down to a local electronics store and asked for a mini-HDMI adapter, got it back home and lo and behold, the guy in the store had given me a mini-HDMI to C (whatever 'C' is, it sure isn't something my laptop has). Ah well, next time I'll read what it says on the packaging first rather than taking someones word for it I still need to find an adaptor though, the monitor currently gathering dust.

Expanding my horizons a bit. Bought Metal Gear Solid V - The Phantom Pain on a Steam sale (together with the Europa Universalis IV DLC's that i didn't have yet). Played through the prologue and got to what I suppose is the actual start of the campaign. Good fun so far.

"he collected the gratitude of the smurfs, the love of his princess fair, and the friendship of his dead bear companion and put it all into his final swing"... I think the world lost a poet somewhere there Gromnir

None the less, those in favour of democracy and western ideals should be bouncing with joy that it's still alive and well. It was if anyhing democracy in action, even if you think the voters are all wrong. Edit to add: For those not living in the UK, a participation rate of 70% is quite a bit, given that the most populous parts of Britain were inundated in rain, thunder storms and flooded areas in many areas (it took me 4 hours to get home from work yesterday, infrastructure completely knocked out by lightning and flash floods).

...and yet another non-event for long time players, rehashing old content offering pets, cringe worthy titles and armor that long time players don't need. A shame about the chiss companion, but it's not an option. On the positive side, I got a bunch of EU IV dlc's on a sale on Steam.

Not so unique actually, the Danes are perfectl well aware that EU is a lobbyist paradise and a democratic graveyard... and they don't use the Euro anyway, so I wouldn't be surprised if at least critical voices aren't being raise, even if it wont get as far as leaving too. Wanna bet, Putin is cackling with glee while rubbing his hands? Watch this space for news about French and German peacekeepers being prepared to be deployed overseas to stabilise neighbouring regions that may fall apart (yeah, just kidding with the last bit here)

That doesn't sound anything like the Disney version! I thought it was a pub

I know the Brits love singing "Britannia rule the waves...", but truth is, it's Denmark who does it these days. Show me a harbour where you can't find Maesrk ships and containers

I don't know if Rosbjerg was old enough to vote against the Maastricht treaty, but I fully share his view I may not be a US citizen, but I can fully relate to Guarddog's resentment against monstrously sized administrations and remmoving normal people completely from influence (EU is run by lobbyist, nothing more, nothing less). Good on the UK if they can kick the rotten to the core card house enough to make collapse.

Just wanted to say "thumbs up", because those Like buttons doesn't always do a post proper justification. That was an awesome series of images

Nice, a comprehensive guide to the expansion. ... ... ... ... ...

The latest chapter wasn't too bad either. Darvannis was a nice setting and while it is just a big cauldron, it felt less cramped than previous mini-planetoids. Not quite as fun as Vette and Gault, but that was a funny pair. Torian was always the "Meh..." guy for me, only ever being my companion when trying to get the 1000 kills achievement (my bounty hunter alts using mostly Blizz, Mako or HK-51 depending on their role). Getting so bored with the existing ops now, that I'm looking more and more at other games though. Keeping up my subscription for now, but it sure as heck is not for the sake of the expansion. The episodic content is simply not strong enough to bridge the gap between releases (out of 12 alts that started, only 4 made it past anarchy in paradise which for me was an all time low and only 1 has made it all the way through so far, most being stuck at the star fortresses). Note, haven't tried the latest recruitment mission. Would have loved to finish SF's with my sith warrior and get my snowman, but I just can't be bothered with the monotony of that grind.

Brave new world Google patents new sticky layer for cars. Ever wondered what it feels like being a bug on a windscreen? You may find out one day. Google is working on a system that instantly glues pedestrian to the cars that hit them. Just waiting for some Mad Max wannabe trying to score as many trophies as possible on the front of his car

That is the exact kind of scare mongering based on no facts whatsoever that makes people fed with politics... entirely anecdotal, but it sounds like a copy and paste of the scare campaign that the political and corporate establishment used to try to bully the Danes into voting yes to Maastricht in 1992 and guess what? They voted no and gave the politician, corporate leaders and most of all EU the middle finger. Either the EU would bend and drop trying to integrate Denmark further into the bureaucratic muck or Denmark would leave. several decades later, Denmark isn't a smoking crater in the ground where people live in tent camps, fed by scraps generously donated by our better off neighbours

Well, Kazakhstan is famous for Borat if nothing else... or was it the other way around I still remember this one when it was current news Borat anthem stuns Kazakh gold medallist in Kuwait

I'm surprised they didn't get Uwe Boll to direct it

I think Bowdaar just requires 10 victories, not necessarily in a single session. Just remember to 'check out' at the terminal before logging out, if you want credit for the won rounds. Made it to 7th round in my first attempt on a tank, but simply didn't have enough dps to beat little gut before the arena was completely trapped. Tried it on a dps alt and made it to 10th round. Need to work out how not to get killed when entire floor is electrified

No, it doesn't seem like they give a **** anymore. Hate to admit it, but I got no shame. Joined the bandwagon of farming EV HM for 224 gear this week where it was the "highlighed" ops. It's such a joke. The easiest ops in the game, similar in difficulty to some "tactical" (i.e devoid of any tactics) flashpoint, dropping the top line gear. Didn't win much in the way of 224 gear, but the consolation prizes were no less than 3 220 relics, so not too bad after all. Still, it makes any gearing pointless when you get it all handed to you just like that, no skill or effort required