Gromnir

new york pizza envy is just sad. feeling inadequate 'bout lack o' size? predictable from such a tiny little man. HA! Good Fun!

if it makes you feel better, the developers did a play-thru event with ign and your bug were encountered. am suspecting such will be at top of their list o' things to fix. ("oh dear" moment at 1:04:55) our most annoying bug so far is that when we transition (doorways, maps, etc.) we will (not often) become unable to interact with the game environment. we can open menus, but we cannot move nor cick on interactable (ack) persons or objects. sadly, our only solution thus far is to complete exit the game as a reload to a different save will result in the problem migrating to the recent opened game. initial overall impression is positive. am impressed. the choice and consequences advocates could learn lessons from the released portion o' torment. instead o' punishing you with death or fail for making a wrong gameplay or character development choice, torment makes numerous viable choices available, and even the fails do not necessarily result in a practical game over. now, admitted, this is intro portion o' the game, and is no place easier than start to do such stuff. however, am impressed with the creativity and diligence o' the developers. is easy to create many options, but only make one genuine choice per role. am understanding why torment will be relatively "short" given the kinda depth we has seen thus far. am also gonna reiterate that punish a player for choosing "incorrect" character development choices is pretty much antithetical to our notion o' role-play, so good on inxile for not indulging in that particular pretension. negatives? well, the two aspects that bother us most so far is unlikely to bother many other folks. first, the game is too much a "spiritual successor" to ps:t. as others have noted, there is no option to customize our avatar, as was the case in ps:t. am not gonna spoil, but is already much plot and thematic similarity 'tween ps:t and torment... too much. think force awakens similarity to episode iv, but more so. torment is feeling much like ps:t, without the ubiquitous gray infused color palette... which we inexplicable miss. (minor aside: in spite o' having new engine and updated visuals, we preferred the ps:t aesthetic. torment is a bit more eclectic than were ps:t, which ain't bad, but the art o' ps:t more effective enhanced mood.) second, the writing is a bit ponderous in places, but that were common in ps:t as well. am pleased with admitted very brief look at torment. monte cook's rules is something we has only played very brief, and we had more than a few quibbles particularly with the emphasis on equipment v. character development as well as the predictable poor balanced combat. as we played numenera contemporaneous with initial release, we expected aspects o' combat to be broken or unbalanced, so that weren't a big problem for us. am not a fan o' rules that define a character most through equipment, so that issue felt more like a fatal flaw to us, but am gonna see how such plays out in torment. HA! Good Fun!

I'd trust that business insider source more if it didn't just copy a pie-chart off a random Quora post's study that does not include multiple options. Unless I'm grossly misreading it, it counts a single primary topping per pizza sold and then "assumes" 25% of them have two toppings. Quote: "The dataset does not include the impact of multiple options as this would produce unwieldily datasets." EDIT: Serious, Hurl is right. There needs to be more research, nobody agrees on anything except people like meat: business insider copy and pasted from quora, but so what? *chuckle* you are posting wiki sources for chrissakes, so am not seeing much room for complaint. the business insider does take from quora, but they specific noted the source o' the study and linked to the aforementioned quora posting that described methodology... as 'posed to your compelling polls? a colorful pie chart included to show pineapple on par with spinach? how is that more compelling? is it even helping your position? and yes, in a discussion o' staple ingredients for pizza, hurl did indicate pepperoni and olives as being on equal footing with hawaiian. am not sure how that helps either. is doubtful anybody is ever gonna do a serious study on the matter. thank goodness. is already too many ridiculous studies that were made possible by grant monies that coulda' been used far more wisely. we sure don't need more research on pizza toppings. even so, hawaiian appears to be a fringe specialty pie in the US based on every source supplied in this thread. serious. how is you reading the data? HA! Good Fun!

torment beta HA! Good Fun!

the point o' sales numbers we offer is gonna be far more telling, no? have people list their five or ten favorite pizza toppings and you is gonna start to get oddities. 'ccording to business insider link we provide, less than 2% o' us pizzas is sold with pineapple. call that a staple is silly. heck, corn and mayo is popular ingredients on japanese pizza. am not gonna use such to call corn and mayo staples. "about as popular as pepperoni"? not in the usa-- not by a very significant margin. as an aside, we go to hawaii every year and we does frequent see spam as an ingredient in local pizzerias, though hawaiian pizza in hawaii is considered... gauche. HA! Good Fun!

what? ... what? pineapple is a pizza staple? as popular as pepperoni? not in the usa it ain't. hell, not even in hawaii. where, save other than in small portions o' california, is pineapple a pizza staple? we don't particular like pepperoni, but is no way we would ever suggest that pineapple is "about as popular as pepperoni" when speaking o' pizza toppings. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-popular-pizza-toppings-chart-2013-10 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/popular-pizza-toppings_n_4261085.html HA! Good Fun!

chili, real chili, doesn't have beans. even so, we has managed to choke down, and enjoy, chili with beans. true goulash don't have tomatoes. bolognese has almost no tomatoes, if any. somebody serves us a ragu and calls it bolognese will not trigger our inner anton ego we have had a few burritos w/ beans that we liked very much. is more than a few college towns that serve up cheap burrito knockoffs that are pretty darn tasty... beans and all. sure, if we want a genuine carnitas burrito and instead get some kinda glorified sandwich wrap with beans, lechuga (ack) and diced tomatoes along with a bit o' pork masquerading as carnitas, we will toss the offending "food" into the nearest trash receptacle. that being said, in spite o' our unapologetic food snobbery, we do not hold to many food rules. if it tastes good, we applaud. ... on the other hand, there is no excuse for putting pineapple and canadian bacon on any kinda pizza... or mayonnaise and shrimp. not kidding. last time we were in japan, we were with friends who ordered and ate a mayonnaise and shrimp pizza. were like something outta a willaim s. burroughs novel. HA! Good Fun!

am expecting that many model waifs can ride horseback. we grew up on a ranch and have a moderate dislike o' all things related to equines, but have rare met the woman who didn't like horses. (am suspecting that much o' this is 'cause they don't know anything 'bout horses) as a general rule, women like horses. also, it not take much physical ability to learn the basics o' riding. is any number o' programs that use horses to aid physical and/or mental handicapped children and adults. http://www.equine-therapy-programs.com/disabled.html you aren't exact setting the bar high. ride a horsie and swing a fake sword and shield? being an israeli woman who served in the military is also not exactly evidence o' strength or physical aptitude, particularly as gadot were modelling while she were serving in the military. for all we know, modelling is what she did for the israeli military. oh, and we has observed before that there is many kinds o' strength. we even pointed out the irony that during the 1930s-1950s there were likely far more athletic women in hollywood than there are today. rita hayworth and cyd charisse woulda laughed self silly watching the blu ray extras o' modern film stars and the training they had to "endure" for their roles. those women trained for decades and kinda defined "graceful movement" for a generation. again, be able to act is the important thing, but we woulda' expected a bit more dedication from gadot. heck, emily blunt, another movie waif, impressed the heck outta Gromnir with her transformation for edge of tomorrow. blunt didn't add much mass, but she not only acted the part, she looked the part... though am given to understand that the exo-suits for the movie weighed +60lbs, so the stars had to become strong enough simple to move around during filming. gadot looks pretty. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

also, claim to be working out is not same as genuine training. do pilates and jogging is not gonna put on much mass, yes? is very possible that gadot didn't want to lose her supermodel build, so rigorous training with 2lb weights followed by chain smoking in a cafes someplace, as is typical for models, might not qualify as genuine training. also, while not everybody can add- forgive the pun- olympian mass, with the best trainers in the world available to her, we bet she coulda' added more mass than she now has. HA! Good Fun!

we got fo4, but haven't played it yet. nevertheless, current discussion makes us curious. in our opinion, bethesda open-world rpgs has always favored breadth over depth. bethesda games has many small quests or encounters but those quests and encounters is, compared to obsidian or even bioware games, undernourished. therefore, am genuine wondering if the feel that content is endemic underdeveloped is based on comparisons to crpgs in general, or does such impressions hold true when compared to oblivion and fo3? HA! Good Fun!

our understanding is that after graduation, the trainer o' teh rhel athletes ordinarily works as a graduate assistant... which is kinda like an internship. pay is poor/negligible, but one develops experience and contacts while working with the athletes from a university sports programs. even former pro and collegiate athletes typical needs endure the GA grind, which can be brief or long depending on your abilities and connections. 'course, our knowledge o' such stuff is limited to US and is a bit outta date regardless. HA! Good Fun!

your post raises a secondary concern. you will not find a competent stuntwoman who is built like gadot. for those scenes that require a stunt stand-in, we suspect cgi will nevertheless be required. regardless, as we has noted elsewhere, our biggest concern is that gadot did not take the role serious enough to add some physical gravitas. she doesn't have a positive acting résumé, so by working out a bit, it would show Gromnir that she were at least trying to embrace the role with seriousness. 'course, the physique stuff won't genuine matter much after the first 10 minutes o' screen time. if gal gadot can act and make us believe she is wonder woman, her super-model svelte frame will be a quickly forgotten issue. if she can't act, then increased gym time will have been wasted effort. ... am admitted minor annoyed by the double-standard. if ben affleck or henry cavill showed up on set looking as if a stiff breeze would topple them due to their waif-thin frame, we would hear no end of criticism... save for from fans o' japanese anime and manga. nevertheless, 'cause gadot is pretty, and a girl, she gets a pass? HA! Good Fun!

https://vimeo.com/58719183 (edited in old video... shoulda' linked miami vice episode?)

razzies is a joke award. give award for terrible movies or performances that nobody has heard of would be pointless. HA! Good Fun!

the only core companions am interested in seeing added is the initial start world companions that benefit from esseles/black talon run influence. is kinda funny that disapproval responses result in influence rewards, albeit smallish rewards. as such, maximizing approvals and disapprovals now has us receiving in the neighborhood o' 7300 influence per companion for a esseles or bt run. that being said, blizz> bowdaar. HA! Good Fun!

Its not splitting hairs, its using the correct terminology to refer to the correct thing correctly. I Am Legend isn't a remake of Omega Man anymore than Omega Man was a remake of The Last Man on Earth. All three are different adaptions of the novel (with differing levels of fidelity to the source). Nosferatu (1922) and Dracula (1931) are both adaptions of the Bram Stoker novel (the 1931 movie via the Hamilton Deane stage play), but Dracula (1931) isn't a remake of Nosferatu. However the Werner Herzog 1979 Nosferatu with Klaus Kinski is a remake of the 1922 Nosferatu but the 1979 Dracula with Frank Langella is a new adaption of the stage play that 1931 Dracula was an adaption of so it is neither a remake of either the 1922 and 1979 Nosferatu films or of the 1931 Dracula. Based on your argument - that anything that adapts the same material is a remake - The Dark Knight is a remake of Batman (1989) which is a remake of Batman (1966) which is a remake of Batman (1943) despite having little in common other than the fact they're adapting the same character from other media. not to put too fine a point on it, but what in the hell are you doing? is a category that the razzies folks is utilizing. am suspecting that the razzie folks would laugh themselves apoplectic if the "winners" o' one o' their awards argued with any seriousness that the reason their movie/performance did not deserve mention were 'cause o' mislabeling. and yeah, is a category that will indeed have fuzzy gray areas 'cause it is meant to limit an artform. is a category no doubt imagined into existence by folks whose closest brush with scientific method were listening to a bunch o' nerds discuss the plausibility o' lightsabers during their time at usc film school. and most pointless and ill-considered is that you is arguing with vol in an attempt to get him to see the validity o' the categorization in question. find self arguing serious with vol over what is largely nonsense has happened to us once or twice and is always embarrassing. *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

jupiter ascending is a live action anime film. HA! Good Fun!

our email says beta will be available the Week of january 17. has there been confirmation o' january 17 elsewheres? HA! Good Fun!

is kinda unfair as we see so few new movies each year, but the first movie that came to mind when we thought o' razzie-worthy titles for 2015 were jupiter ascending. am one o' those folks that will walk outta a bad movie. first such film we abandoned early were firebirds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwS7MuNCwFs we made it to queen bee exposition and then walked outta the theatre for jupiter. am not regretting having done so. HA! Good Fun!

Hi Gromnir "waves " I'm glad you are back, I have missed your insight. Why would you feel tired after a holiday? why indeed. jet lag? old age? HA! Good Fun!

we did see new star wars in a rather... retro theatre in kauai. have had better sound and video experience at "movies in the park" venues, but it were quaint. thought force awakens were fun, but am gonna admit some confusion and a few concerns. am not certain why rey gets a big hug from leia-- had they ever met? am also gonna concede that we believe the director/writers worked a bit too hard to avoid making the female protagonist a damsel in distress. admitted, if rey had been written as annoying and immature as were luke in new hope, we doubt we woulda' much liked her. double-standard? dunno. Gromnir were mighty young when we saw new hope, so am doubting we were too bothered that luke were immature... or that he needed be saved from sand people attacks, or tie fighters, or drunks in a bar, etc. am also gonna admit that we were curious as to what lord voldemort were doing in the star wars universe. were an initial reaction, and possible unfair, but it were an honest and genuine reaction at seeing the villain's wizard o' oz routine. as an aside, we believe bioware deserves recognition. the manner in which the kanadian game developers payed homage to the original trilogy for kotor were more artful than we saw in force awakens. we weren't over-bothered by seeing same/similar approach utilized by jj, but bioware manipulation were not a distraction. bio developers intentional borrowed plot devices, locales and characters from episodes 1-3 to make their star wars game, but bioware's recycling were less... crude. sure, 'pon reflection one could see just how much kotor borrowed from the star wars films, but in the moment it did not feel like we were getting same story with a different title. we have become increasing critical o' bio in recent years, but seeing new star wars film reminded us that kotor were a clever and entertaining storytelling... even if the gameplay aspects were kinda lacking. HA! Good Fun!

unlimited time suggests immortality, so we would likely invest our unlimited resources to discover a way to kill our self. HA! Good Fun!

today we returned from our yearly vacation to hawaii. typical we go to the islands in early december. this year we went later and stayed longer. am exhausted. am gonna take a nap. perhaps need a vacation to fully recover. ... am not expecting sympathy. HA! Good Fun! ps we dont genuine go to the "islands" anymore. we got a functional standing reservation for kauai. is likely another sign o' advancing decrepitude that we like kauai so much better than oahu, big island or maui.

showing confusion. is not the deep philosophical questions that is being addressed. reach answers to the philosophical questions should be personal but is sadly less personal given all the silly exposition and bad writing in ps:t. thematic questions shouldn't be answered direct with crude exposition that were all too common in ps:t. we has noted such multiple times. converse, chekhov shows a loaded gun in act 1 o' o' the seagull and we can expect to discover why... but again, this should be axiomatic. nonek examples were not regarding symbolism or theme or extended metaphor. nevertheless, unanswered questions don't doom a story, particular one original intended to have expansions and sequels. in spite of the "rule" that all questions should be answered, most writers make exceptions, but such stuff is exceptions. "The mark of a great game, it births more questions than it answers." is nonsense. is bass ackwards. is bad writing. HA! Good Fun!

volsense is funny. this is an nfl thread, so we make obvious comparison 'tween nfl and ncaa. recognize the money the nfl makes while ignoring who runs the league and enjoys profits from nfl tv contracts would be ridiculous. roger goodell and the nfl works for the nfl owners. well, guess what, ncaa fills similar role. the individual universities realize that a single entity to negotiate media contracts and enforce rules benefits everybody... well, benefits everybody save for texas and notre dame and a couple other universities that got enough cache all by their lonesome. ncaa makes lots o' money for the benefit o' individual universities, and most universities is still losing money from their sports programs. HA! Good Fun!