Gromnir

touch rugby? *snort* no snot-nosed japanese kid is gonna stop boris even if is touch. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34537841 HA! Good Fun!

fixed. *shrug* is a ridiculous vanity product that attempts to sell crpg anachronisms as innovations. tactical sophistication takes a back seat to lucking or metagaming your way into a viable build? *snort* played the demo a while back and have little interest in slogging through full release. HA! Good Fun! I don't know, they never claimed the game to be innovative with its combat mechanics. They just said they want to stay off the beaten path and accepted status quo in roleplaying games, and that they did. With a vengeance. they claimed to be different than every other crpg. am recalling a claim by its that we had never played a game such as aod. *chuckle* is not different so much as anachronistic. there is a tendency for hardcore fans o' __________ to see comical reactionary as inherently praiseworthy. old movies. old music. old comics. old fashion. whatever. old is not intrinsic good or bad. aod look and plays... old... but worse. is old as imagined by a small group o' hardcore fans. HA! Good Fun!

fixed. *shrug* is a ridiculous vanity product that attempts to sell crpg anachronisms as innovations. tactical sophistication takes a back seat to lucking or metagaming your way into a viable build? *snort* played the demo a while back and have little interest in slogging through full release. HA! Good Fun!

it's a tennis ball traveling at 100mph. am suspecting that given force involved and assuming that the sword is sharp, he need only be certain o' hitting edge first to cut the damn thing. again, the ball is coming at predictable intervals and is having exact same delivery each time. the sword guy can practice thousands o' times... hundreds of thousands of times. train so that your draw-cut is consistent, and then hard part is actual getting the damn batting cage operator to calibrate the machine to match. to get the "perfect angle" on a curve ball to result in a hit with a heavy wooden bat, when you don't know what pitch is coming, seems far more impressive to us. HA! Good Fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSvrIZKI8mk why is this particular impressive? solid hit with a wood baseball bat o' a +90 mph curveball from a human pitcher when you don't know what pitch is coming is far more impressive to us. batting cage fastballs is perfect strikes that come at predictable intervals. these staged bits o' silliness impress us very little, particularly as we not see all the fails. HA! Good Fun!

the game is woefully unbalanced with many skills getting virtual no usage and others being essential. attributes/abilities is similar unbalanced. you can drop luck and charisma to 1 on most characters w/o much sense o' feeling pain. odd enough, coordination is almost as easy to ignore as is luck and charisma. it is worth having a single ranger with a 6 charisma IF you make sure to also take leadership on that character. s'posedly, there has been improvements to blade and blunt weapons as well as to shotguns-- those three weapon groups sucked previous to dc. heavy weapons is nice late game, particularly when augmented by a special skill. energy weapons is bad early, and is only genuine worthy with 1 particular weapon... in which case it is an excellent choice. *shrug* people says to diversify weapons, and that is a good idea, but you could have an all assault rifle group and your only genuine opponent for the first 1/2 of the game would be ammo scarcity. most important derived stat is combat initiative. can't overstress the importance o' ci. it is possible that some skills has been made more useful in the dc incarnation, but some serious changes would need be made to improve skills. mechanical repair had 2 uses in all o' california? we had a 1 charisma brawler with computer science and we purposeful stopped hacking bots 'cause we were overleveling compared to the rest o' the party-- a hacked bot only gives xp to the computer nerd. combat xp is shared 'mongst party, but the bot defeated through hax0ring is removed from the shared xp pool. your computer guy is effective stealing xp from the rest o' your party. given how common bots is second half o' the game, you gotta be careful. oh, and computer is useful for more than hacking bots. fantastic skill. animal whisperer is kinda the opposite o' computer. by the time you can succesful charm critters, you isn't gonna be facing many critters and animal whisperer doesn't unlock doors and safes as does the computer skill. spread your social skills. ultimately the social skills are not numerical worthy o' investment, but we hate missing unlockable content. locks, safe cracking and demolitions is excellent skills that all generate goodly amounts o' xp. hate to admit it, but we recommend metagaming insofar as choosing skills and picking companions. most skills only require a single ranger to max/excel. you only need one lock picker. you only need one smart arse. take a looksee at possible companions before creating your rangers. is outta date, but... https://forums.inxile-entertainment.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=8733 we mentioned the importance of combat initiative, am doing so again. combat initiative is not simple establishing your combat turn order. high ci will result in additional attacks opportunities. HA! Good Fun! ps late game we typical run outta skills for which we would pay. we always have at least 4 int on all characters, but that is 'cause we want more skills Early.

am sensing some bitterness. ... we will note that driving in some neighborhoods in pittsburgh during the winter scares us. am not joking. got mugged once in ny. scary. we had business in western pennsylvania a few years ago and spent almost the entirety o' two winters (save for our annual early december trip to hawaii) in pittsburgh. for Gromnir, driving pittsburgh's narrow, vertical and twisting streets when such thoroughfares were covered in ice were like being mugged over and over and over and over. HA! Good Fun!

sadly, it is a regen item, no? a flying log would be fantastic... as long as it is a genuine log and not a stick with a bundle o' straw attached to one end. HA! Good Fun!

draconian demands from employers? okie dokie. am suspecting that not too many folks frequenting this board has worked an ordinary labor job. right now there is roofers getting paid by the square in arizona when temperatures reach +130 F on on tar paper and tin/aluminum flashing. hell, there is doctors doing residency and enduring +20 hour shifts or school teachers and their insane functional workload/hours while having to deal with classes o' upwards o' three dozen kids (some of whom is likely having autism and other learning disorders, while others is esl) that don't actual wanna be in school. but hey, no doubt that when hurlshot teaches his students 'bout exploited workers in the USA, he will skip the traditional triangle shirt fire, the ludlow massacre and the lessons o' cesar chavez fighting for the rights o' latino farm workers. why show kids the grapes of wrath or read from upton sinclair's the jungle when you can reveal how few vo artists is getting residuals? HA! Good Fun! ps so is no confusion, am not saying that the vo guys shouldn't ask for more money. if they can get more money, then why should we begrudge their good fortune. even so, it's vo actors we are talking 'bout. the list o' demanding jobs that gets insufficient remuneration and evoke pathos in Gromnir is legion... and vo is not 'mongst the multitude.

the establishment and free exercise clauses o' the First Amendment do indeed have the most tasty sounding tests: lemon and sherbert. HA! Good Fun!

stunt coordinators? *chuckle* and how dare companies use their non-sag employees to do voicework in games. HA! if the voice actors can force better pay for emoting into a microphone, then so be it... and good for them. get points for boldness. HA! Good Fun!

I don't think the Kim Davis thing really ties into a 1st Amendment thing. She tried to make it that but in reality all that happened is a public official refused to obey the law. I don't think that is deserving to be made into something bigger. A more appropriate choice might be the removal of the 10 commandments monument in Oklahoma. funny thing 'bout the okies is that the brouhaha were centered 'round the Oklahoma Constitution and not the first amendment to the US Constitution. is very few news services that added that detail to their coverage. oklahoma constitution is much more specific 'bout public displays. HA! Good Fun! ps van orden v. perry v. mccreary v. aclu is two ten commandment display cases from 2005... same day in point o' fact. Court ok'd one display in texas, but nixed kentucky. try and get middle schoolers to understand why the Court ok'd one and not the other might be difficult, particularly as we weren't dealing with unanimous Court decisions and the dissents were actual (as is often the case) more eloquent than the majority opines. pps texas display oklahoma display

Careful-- Hurlshot might think you're volunteering! (The two of you are both in NorCal, right?) middle school kids is a tough crowd. *shrug* manifested's crowdfunding would need include lunch at yank sing. HA! Good Fun!

am likely gonna lose nerd cred, but am admitting that we don't much like thanos. we don't like that his traditional motivations is equal parts petty (the other kids were mean to him) and ridiculous (he is trying to impress his girlfriend: death). we also don't like that in the limited screenies so far, thanos looks more like a muppet than one o' the big bads o' the marvel universe. we don't like his throne or his cheesy grin. we do kinda like purple, but the fact that he is literal aiming to fist the universe makes us roll our eyes. if you is gonna have an evil purple diva-villain with family issues, then they shoulda gone with prince. HA! Good Fun!

separation o' church and state doesn't mean what the simple language would seem to indicate, and it ain't the language o' the constitution regardless. hugo black's invoking o' jefferson to erect a wall o' separation were judicial sleight o' hand and has lead to many a confused citizen and student. pull out US currency money and see "in god we trust" on every coin. look at the Supreme Court building itself and observe Moses looking down 'pon you. try and explain the seeming hypocrisy o' separation when so many politicians invoke God and faith as they condemn democrats/republicans/gays/st. louis cardinal fans... whatever. *shrug* the most annoying aspect o' explaining Constitution to lay folks is getting 'em to realize that simple grasp o' English won't help 'em. there ain't never been no genuine wall o' separation that is implied by the language used. Gromnir has actual been invited to speak to high school students on more than one occasion regarding first amendment. is fascinating just how many misconceptions students got regarding seeming simple language: "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." ... typical high school teacher, even if she actual understands first amendment, doesn't have the time to do more than kinda highlight... which understandably leads to greater confusion. there is a few important cases that is particular noteworthy for establishment and free exercise. lemon, prince, sherbert, oregon v. smith. go more recent to give example might use arizona christian school tuition organization v. winn another good place to start is with the first amendment itself. what did the Founding Fathers intend? is not an original intentionist argument we posit, 'cause in large part we got no idea what were specific discussed by the authors o' the first amendment. however, we do have the various drafts o' the first amendment that were proposed and rejected before settling on the final language. is intriguing to see how the first amendment were cobbled together by looking at the drafts. regardless, separation don't mean what most students believe it to mean... and based on our limited experience, it definite don't mean what most social studies/history teachers is teaching. HA! Good Fun!

crafting changes: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20151006 our knee-jerk reaction is hate... but after consideration, most changes appear to add needed balance. HA! Good Fun!

rules changes and equipment could make game safer. one wacky aspect o' the league v. player split is that it is the players who typically oppose in-game rules changes that would make the game safer. the players favor practice reductions and is opposed to games-per-season increases, but they vehemently oppose rules changes that would alter allowable contact and they is insane opposed to any monetary penalties for hits that endanger fellow players. we often hear o' the evils o' the league, but the players is also complicit in the perpetuation o' the problems. to change gears a bit... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2576465-odell-beckham-jr-allegedly-punched-multiple-bills-players hopeful the punch in the video is an isolated incident.

we don't watch much tv, but we did do a bit o' channel surfing a couple days ago and we came across a vampire thing on fx. strain? anywho, we lost interest kinda quick as were character driven and we had no idea who the characters were, so we were 'bout to change channel, but then there is this nosferatu looking vampire giving a freaking st. crispin's day speech to a bunch o' sureños. ... utter ridiculous and kinda surreal. am not sure if it were s'posed to be campy. HA! Good Fun!

now vol can see the future? can't even read, but can tell us what we will demand at some remote point in time? *chuckle* cowards play hockey and football with a helmet, yes? when folks were dying from cracked skulls while playing hockey and football, there were folks who resisted the implementation o' such safety measures as helmets. today, the folks who argued 'gainst helmets in football and hockey seem ridiculous. their complaints, viewed with benefit o' hindsight, were reckless-- equal parts soopidity and machismo. started with leather helmets in pro football. then we get plastic. then get face masks. weren't til 70s that we get serious cushioning in helmets. etc. wanna run down the list o' rule changes made since 1920s that were implemented for no other reason than to make the game safer? with rules changes and improved equipment, football can be made much safer. is cowards who use seat-belts while driving? driving a car is dangerous. is all kinda laws and equipment that makes driving safer. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/01/31/170764982/are-nfl-football-hits-getting-harder-and-more-dangerous first comment attached to story: "44 yr old son must live with us, can't make it on his own, confirmed brain injury from concussions but NCAA and NFL (1 yr) doesn't qualify for any help from NFL not vested. No help from NCAA, won't acknowledge how he suffered 1st string 4 years, played next to Jr. at SC. We don't want a huge lawsuit reward just ongoing medical/psychological help. He has definite CTE. Very sad so stop calling these guys cry babies!" keep in mind that the "Jr." being referenced is Junior Seau, who committed suicide recently and whose brain was found to have clear signs of cte. edit: quick search revealed the following: http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092314aaa.html http://www.dailynews.com/health/20150815/football-killed-ex-usc-lb-scott-ross-his-family-wants-nfl-to-do-more-about-concussions the comment left by mr. ross following the npr article were dated february 1, 2013. scott ross died september 21, 2014.

keep in mind that Gromnir believes that physical requirements testing for jobs that is physically demanding is hardly representing some kinda bias. nevertheless, if you got women disproportionately fail to meet minimum requirements, you will hear claims o' bias and discrimination. the physical test was set up so that women would fail, which is why women failed. the math test were rigged so that hispanics or native americans or whomever would fail. "The Marines' study has led to controversy, however. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus called the experiment flawed, and alleged that some male Marines went into it not wanting to see the women succeed. He also criticized the Corps for measuring average performance instead of looking at individual capabilities." is nothing preventing a woman from being a smart and capable leader with excellent marksmanship skills who who could contribute in some meaningful capacity to infantry, but lumped averages would still suggest that she would be a failure in infantry... or so goes one argument. *shrug* again, you is looking for the wrong guy to argue against clear unbiased minimum requirements tests for essential jobs. we want a fireman to be strong enough to move heavy hoses and be able to get an adult male outta a burning building, just as we would want a marine to be strong enough to carry his own freaking pack and drag the body o' an injured squaddie out of the line o' fire... or whatever. nevertheless, anytime a particular group fails disproportionately, there will be cries o' discrimination. HA! Good Fun!

players aren't educated on the dangers. and simple education is not enough. folks can be educated 'bout driving too fast or drinking too much and smoking and we still gots rules to prevent. when damage to society is too great, we come up with rules to prevent. the average football player is in the league for ~4 years. is hardly enough time for most to get rich. the number o' pro players is infinitesimally small compared to the pool o' high school and college players. nevertheless, go to almost any high school football team and ask players on varsity to raise hand if they is gonna play pro ball in future. is gonna be at least a few hands raised everywhere. is mind boggling actually to see the misapprehension. there were a study done in regards to ped and steroids a few years ago. college football players were asked if they would take an untestable drug that would guarantee that they would make the pros. the college players were told that the drug would kill'em at age 50. were between 70 and 80% that said they would take the drug. think results would be any different if study said that player would die at 50 o' brain injury? even if the college or high school player were educated o' the dangers, he don't have perspective to understand the damage he would do to himself and those around him. the average player don't make near enough money to cover the personal and social costs o' the kinda brain injury that duerson and webster suffered. play nfl is a dream. with nfl comes wealth and fame. the thing is, high school and college football players ain't reasonable about the dream. actual make nfl roster is so unlikely and even if one makes nfl, that don't necessarily translate into fame and wealth. such ignorance ain't necessarily a bad thing. follow dreams shouldn't need be reasonable. unfortunately, the dreamer don't have any concept o' the real damages and the real rewards. ask the 20-something to genuine reflect on life as a 50-year old with brain injury is no more likely than getting 'em to reflect 'bout realities o' an nfl career. nevertheless, vol is revealing his traditional poor reading skills. Gromnir says that we should make football safer. didn't say that nfl should be banned. there are ways to make the game safer. if, in spite o' mounting evidence that game is unsafe for pro and college players, the league AND players AND fans do not demand greater safety, Gromnir, as an individual, should walk away from football. is intellectual dishonest o' us to continue being a fan o' a sport that we believes is too dangerous, and am quickly approaching that point. "as much as we love football, particularly college, and recognizing that we personally benefitted from the popularity o' the sport when we received our scholarship offer(s), am nearing the point where we may need stop patronizing until appropriate safety measures are taken." again, we noted that game could be made safe® and that in the absence o' improved safety, Gromnir woulds need give up patronizing the league. find where we said ban. go ahead. we will wait. ... no?

you are not looking at it from the pov of a female marine... one who, from her perspective, will potential be excluded from combat roles for what she sees as arbitrary reasons. join marines and then find out that she is deemed only fit for clerical positions? is not quite so easy to quit the marines if you don't get the training you wanted. we suspect is even worse for officers as when comes time for promotions, and "battlefield experience" is a premium... "discrimination" after being "hired" is not gonna lessen the sense o' being cheated, eh? HA! Good Fun!

weekly for section x is easy credits, but get 4 (or possible 3 if one knows the "trick") is often a prohibitive exercise. for newer players who wants to boost section x rep to, for example, purchase dye options for their artificer, sitting around in section x hoping for a 4th player to simple click a glowing ball o' light is likely gonna be frustrating. HA! Good Fun!

this kinda thing happens every couple years with fire and police departments nationwide. if too many female applicants fail, the test is deemed discriminatory. nyc recently graduated a woman who repeatedly failed the physical fitness test. one reason given for graduating her despite her failure were that the city wanted to avoid the predictable lawsuit. 'course, keep in mind that various minority groups has successful altered fire department testing 'cause o' discriminatory practices related to seeming neutral testing. nyc recently paid near $100 million to settle such a lawsuit. one would think that basic physical fitness tests and elementary math skills exams is gender and race neutral, but that ain't the case. *shrug* is almost ironic, but many organizations use a "gestalt" application process so that they can achieve greater diversity goals, and is the lack o' transparency and objectivity in such application process that then open the fire and police departments up to additional litigation from marginalized groups. if there is no set "fail" point for a physical test, then, for example, women who are physically marginal can be be passed with the gestalt approach if they do particular well with academics. such a nebulous approach, implemented to increase diversity, ends up being the reason such hiring practices fail judicial scrutiny. HA! Good Fun!

concussion protocols being what they are, is impossible to say for certain how long sean lee will be kept off the field. ... as an aside, Gromnir has kinda come around and we now believe that college and pro football is too dangerous. there needs to be a major improvement in helmet design so as to significant reduce the number o' concussions and brain injuries. such improvements is possible, but implementing would likely reduce player performance to a noticeable degree. as much as we love football, particularly college, and recognizing that we personally benefitted from the popularity o' the sport when we received our scholarship offer(s), am nearing the point where we may need stop patronizing until appropriate safety measures are taken. is far too many mike websters and dave duersons... and is not only guys who played 10+ years in the nfl who is suffering. change is needed. change is unlikely.