Gromnir

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.

you do not get much crafting level improvement from crafting post 400. do all rakata and you would still only hit 410. the crafting trainer will have 410 schematics. am still not seeing the problem. if you cant get past 410, is because the stuff you is crafting is now grey in your crafting list. buy new schematics. patient: every time i move my arm like so, it hurts. doctor: don't move your arm like that. *shrug* ps we checked and it looks like our level 51 item crafted on our most recent armour crafter were augments. check for augments.

between 400 and 500, crafting gets a bit odd. you will reach a point where there will only be a couple purchasable schematics from the trainer that give any crafting payoff as far as leveling is concerned, and those schematics is typical more resource depleting than you would wish to use. for armour, we almost invariably chose belts and bracers (or augments) when attempting to level, but there won't be a cheap bracer or belt schematic to get you past a certain point... 430 or 440? you is gonna have to do helmet or chestpiece or whatever. again, am not 100% certain we understand your conundrum. as with pre-410, you cannot learn a schematic until you reach the appropriate crafting level. post 400 crafting is no different than pre other than the fact that your pool o' potential leveling options is smaller... much smaller. HA! Good Fun!

are you a subscriber? if not, you may be capped regardless. that you are crafting level 50 items is not a helpful descriptor neither. you stop getting juice per squeeze very quick once you exceed 400. check your crafting list. as gorth notes, grey-green-yellow-orange is the progression, with greyed-out items providing 0 additional craft points. go to crafting trainer and look for new schematics... though again, am not sure what is actual cap for nonsubscribers. regardless, level requirement o' the item is Not a particular useful measure. HA! Good Fun!

we now got 9 60s on harbinger, and am leveling a gunslinger. we will likely use the freebie to insta-create a 60 sniper. our ocd will likely drive us to eventual have 16 60s on harbinger, but is genuine less 'bout mindless compulsion to complete than it is 'bout the near inevitability that the next iteration o' swtor (or the one after that) will over-nerf the _________ class. perhaps you thought a marauder/sentinel were the bestset melee dps... right up until 3.0. oops. regardless, we will always have a sorc/sage heals and a jugg/guardian dps. even when dps jugg/guardian has been relative lame, it has resonated for us. HA! Good Fun!

the giant mobile weapon platform is a questionable proposition in and of itself. why? to combat godzilla? even modern mbt are designed with the notion o' reducing target profile and increasing speed. a tall weapon platform gives greater visibility, but also makes a nice target. and the giant-sized weapon platform is gonna carry such a price tag, no? can make a dozen or hundred smaller units v. the single giant? so, why? and the notion that a legged robot offers greater maneuverability than tracks or wheels is also suspect as it depends on terrain. oh no, the mech's foot is stuck in a hole. whatever will we do? make a bunch o mech-foot sized holes to thwart mech advance? is likely that future "giant" weapon platforms will look a bit like this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/MBT-70_Aberdeen_Speed_Test.JPG HA! Good Fun!

two reasons we don't back the laser razer: 1) the smell of burning hair is one o' our least favorite odors. ick. (we see the faq claims no burning hair smell) 2) we don't have facial hair... and almost no body hair. *shrug* is a lakota thing. HA! Good Fun! ps we always wanted to be able to grow a beard... or a mustache that would make a 19th century fireman envious.

we do like 40k, but the best warhammer strategy/tactical combat games we ever played were shadow o' the horned rat and dark omen. the warhammer fantasy setting has considerable nostalgia appeal for us. heck, we got a box o' old white dwarf mags in the attic. HA! Good Fun!

fighter aircraft performance is already exceeding the limits o' human tolerance, so we can see that sorta thing happening in distant-but-foreseeable future. you may have a longer wait to be complete removing human combatants. HA! Good Fun!

and here we thought you would advocate drones. drones could carry similar weapons. let thousands o' those loose on the battlefield, eh? HA! Good Fun!

battletech space marines/elementals got the fuzzy end o' the lollipop. got aerospace fighters and space battleships and even some surface naval vessels, but the elementals should be more integral to the battletech battlefield. 'course the elementals is clan stuff, so again, in 3025... HA! Good Fun!

*groan* is not simple 'bout efficient o' movement, though again, bipedal is inherent less stable. size is an additional factor. a giant robot weapon platform is kinda silly to begin with, but to then make one that can fall over is asinine. f=ma. how many tons is your mecha? and explanation for the need o' a giant bipedal weapon platform no doubt is lost on gorgon. would never exist, for numerous (and seeming obvious) reasons. bah. you are being ridiculous. your complaint 'bout realism o' mecha were ridiculous. compound by turning into multiple pages goes beyond even our stubborn capacity to argue. HA! Good Fun!

being complete impractical kinda precludes them ever existing on any battlefield anywhere... ever. so, again, "no." gigantic bipedal weapons platforms is inherent implausible, and show smaller quadruped or tracked bots is hardly gonna change any rational person's pov. hell, GIGANTIC and weaponized quadrupeds is still ridiculous, but not near as insanely stoopid as biped. HA! Good Fun!

are those bipedal? and they ain't weapon platforms regardless. IF you were to make a giant robotic weapon platform, you would never make bipedal as is inherently unstable... and those robots you show could be knocked over and rendered helpless by a 5-year old with a broom handle. reality, please introduce yourself to gorgon. HA! Good Fun! they are supposed to haul gear. Anyway with advancements in servos and CPU cycles robots would be many times more acrobatic and dexterous than a human, scroll to where they kick it. The TV show mechs are using paintball guns because, well it's a TV show, what did you expect. again, we didn't expect anything. is Gromnir who noted silliness. you forgot already? *sigh* and again, a five-year old with a broom handle could knock over and cripple. a staged scenario is hardly compelling. staged push? HA and no advancement in robotics is gonna change fact that bipedal is inherently less balanced than quad or tracks... so why make bipedal? put advanced tech to work to compensate for an unnecessary flaw? giant bipedal weapon platforms is idiotic. HA! Good Fun!

again, you realize those ain't real weapon, yes? is not even genuine bipedal as is on tracks for chrissakes. HA! Good Fun!

are those bipedal? and they ain't weapon platforms regardless. IF you were to make a giant robotic weapon platform, you would never make bipedal as is inherently unstable... and those robots you show could be knocked over and rendered helpless by a 5-year old with a broom handle. reality, please introduce yourself to gorgon. HA! Good Fun!