Everything posted by Amentep
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Politics - Jason X
Sorry, I was trying to think of a clever way to hit the number 10 since the last thread was 9, and Jason X was literally the only thing I could think of.
- What you did today
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You did WHAT...?!
Old thread Please discuss yourself herein.
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What's so funny right now?
New thread - https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/93616-a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-obsidian-forum/
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the (Obsidian) Forum
Old Thread For those who are all about the guffaws, a new thread.
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Politics - Episode 9: The Lurking Fear
New Thread
- Politics - Jason X
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Request: Non-binary player character
Amentep replied to mandolini's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Thanks for the clarification and correction.
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Request: Non-binary player character
Amentep replied to mandolini's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)However, one has to be careful to remember that absence of evidence cannot be construed as evidence of absence. Just because you look and don't find anything doesn't mean it isn't there. Regardless of how Iovara or Thaos interpreted finding nothing when looking, that they found nothing doesn't mean there is nothing, it simply means they didn't find anything. You'd have to be omniscient (in time and space) to prove a negative.
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Request: Non-binary player character
Amentep replied to mandolini's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)That is a very vague definition, you have to admit. What does it actually means in practical terms? And more to the point, does male/female (both irl and in the context of the game) actually imply some kind of pattern of behavior or something like that? Something so profound that someone would feel the need to be called something else. Because as far as i can see, you're a he if you have a ****, and you're a she if you have a vagina. And that's really about it. Although there are transgender people of course, but that is not relevant here, since those people would play as the gender they indentify with. Edit: lol, p enis is bad word, but vagina isn't? Well the obvious non-binary gender are hermaphrodites, born with the reproductive systems of either gender. But there would also be the agender, those who - as I understand it - find no identity in either gender (regardless of their born gender).
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
I seem to recall that SoM suffered from a really stripped down localization when it came out in the US (which may explain why I hated the ending so much). Maybe the SoM remake translation won't make me as angry as the original game did. And I'd love Seiken Densetsu 3 to get an official localization. Its a game I've always wanted to play since I saw production stills in magazines back in the day.
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Request: Non-binary player character
Amentep replied to mandolini's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Non-Binary in gender is - as I understand it - an individual who identifies as and/or is either both male and female or neither male nor female.
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2017 Celebrity Deaths
Hooper had a respectable career; Texas Chainsaw Massacre was sort of a turning point for 70s horror films.
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Request: Non-binary player character
Amentep replied to mandolini's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)To be fair, its also silly to argue that a fantasy setting couldn't have modern issues since its a fantasy, development of the world would be vastly different from ours (although, to be fair a setting that knows that people are reincarnated and that people could be either gender through their lives would realistically never hold onto the same kind of thoughts about gender and sexual identity as our world.)
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Movies You've Seen (or would like to see) Recently
Spider-man is good, but 2 hrs 13 min if time is a factor. Like algroth can't vouch for the other two.
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New Scientific Discoveries, Part Deux
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/biocomputer-and-memory-built-inside-living-bacteria
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Moar Godlikes!
Amentep replied to Pallegina's Panties's topic in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)Personally I took the unusually large amount of Godlikes to be a function of the story - as word gets out regarding the hollowborn crisis, you'd think that Godlikes would be one group that would have no reason to not go and try to improve their lot through the opportunities to be had. Being unable to have children, the crisis wouldn't mean the same to them.
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On "The road through xin-shalast" - screen stuck
If you can provide any answers for any of these relevant questions, it may help identify what may be the issue: General (For all issues) What platform are you on? Stream/Android/iPad, etc. What version of the OS are you running? Android 4.4, iOS 9.3, etc. What model is the device? Galaxy Tab 3, iPad Mini 4, etc. What is your PFID#? (Located in the settings menu) Login Issues When you launch the game, does the welcome popup appear for Game Center/ Google Play Games? On the main screen, what is the text displayed in the blue box at the top? (Logged into GooglePlayGames, Logged into Game Center, or Link Social Gaming Network) Store Issues What products were purchased? What products are missing (if any)? Gameplay Is pass & play on? Is permadeath on? Tutorial, Story Mode, or Quest Mode? (If not quest mode, did you recently enter it?) Characters in Party Location of each character Turn Order Scenario & Scenario Difficulty. If on non-normal difficulties, which wildcard powers are in play? What card was encountered when the issue occurred? (Or check, or card just played, etc) Did the issue occur on the first explore or a subsequent explore? If subsequent, what card did you last encounter? What was its resolution? (IE, you just encountered an enchanter and failed the check, and on an additional explore you ran into a blessing of the gods but didn't auto acquire it) Did other characters aid the check? What did they use to aid it? Was the encounter a Horde? (Skeleton Horde, Goblin Raid, Zombie Nest, Zombie Horde, Garrison Location Power w/ multiple characters, Henchmen encounter in Black Fang w/ multiple characters)
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Movies You've Seen (or would like to see) Recently
Funnily enough, neither lead is played by a teen, nor are the characters supposed to be teens in context of the story.
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Movies You've Seen (or would like to see) Recently
When it's not shot in 3d, as I undestand it, someone has to go back and digitally manipulate each image to create the depth field.
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The Weird, Random and Interesting Things That Fit Nowhere Else Thread
I think only three (?) Episodes of The Phoenix aired - we watched them all. I think it has a much worse reputation than it deserved. Supertrain was a sci-fi love boat set on an atomic train. Really weird concept. Fantastic Voyage faced the one-two punch of The Waltons and Welcome Back Kotter / Three's Company on the other networks. Mostly all I recall is the Bermuda Triangle and Roddy McDowall.
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The Weird, Random and Interesting Things That Fit Nowhere Else Thread
Man from Atlantis has Victor Buono in it as a reoccurring bad guy which is fun. Another decent short lived show was David McCallum's Invisible Man. Airwolf was a Saturday show. I remember it as being dull but for certain age brackets it probably was a good sat show. Now...who remembers the Phoenix with Judson Scott from 1982? Supertrain? The Fantastic Journey...? The TV movie The Girl, The Goldwatch and Everything from 1980?
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Nerdgasm: Movies and Shows for Geeks and Nerds
For cult fans, Dave Made a Maze shows promise:
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All the Literature and Reading Stuff...
'Salem's Lot isn't really about Vampires hiding in a New England town, to be fair, its about how a vampire comes into a town and slowly takes it over. Pretty exciting stuff IMO, and creepy in a number of places. I'd rank it with the best of his novels I've read. Never read Cujo, though, as it it seemed to be a message book about vaccinating animals wrapped up with some scares of a being preyed upon by an animal and the usual King look at small town characters / life and that just didn't appeal to me.
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Movies You've Seen (or would like to see) Recently
The new IT film is only the kids story from the book; the story of the adults will not be told in this film. In a way its probably the best way to pare the novel down for a singular film.