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My experience (which may not be Nonek's) is that there is no single instance that leads to someone using the ignore function of the boards, but a multitude of instances that lead a person to believe that its better for them to not engage a person. I wouldn't take it personally, I sure don't (but then I doubt if I'd actually notice if someone put me on ignore).

I see the ignore function as equivilent to the real world ability to walk away from Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park. Sometimes its best just not to engage eye contact.

I just wanted to point out it wasn't exactly a new claim for those who hadn't heard or who had forgotten.

Link? On Celebrity Big Brother Ms Bowie was apparently (I read this in the Metro) complaining before his death that Mr Bowie had purposely turned their son Duncan against her, because the gentleman no longer speaks or has any contact with her. Seems a little strange to discount her sons own feelings and logic as a grown man and blame Mr Bowie, but then again i'm with Philip Larkin on families. She's claimed that for years, including in her autobiography (IIRC).

Last part is too much? How? Anyhow, I stand by my assertion - video games are a luxury item and you don't have to spend any money on them at all. I won't assert that there cannot be positive benefits of piracy, but any use of cost of legal game vs "quality" or "household income" is a rationalization because at the end of the day no one has to have a video game.

Not that it matters much because I'm sure everyone's opinion is well entrenched, but this argument only can really be sustained if owning a video game had joined food, water and shelter as the basic necessities of life. Otherwise its a luxury, and one nobody had to have to live. Don't get me wrong, I understand that the way the market worked there were places in Eastern Europe that games were not legally available and pirating was the only way for many to play some games. But lets not pretend that people would have collapsed and died if they'd not been able to play the game and lets not pretend that all the piracy in the world was poor people in far away places where games weren't really being distributed either. Is anyone stating something like that? All we are saying that all that years of pirating brought us to gaming and we are now spending money on it. But without pirating there would not be that large population of gamers, doubt that there will be any dev studios either, so you can say that best game of last year was brought to you by pirates Perhaps I misread it, I thought Darkpriest was pointing out income levels as a good rationale for pirating games, hence my response. That there were positive effects from pirating (more companies, a sustainable market created through early piracy) are all fine arguments to make. That doesn't appear to be the argument I was responding to, however.

Yes, the US really so stronk. You may argue that Russia is stronkier, but no one can deny the stronk of the US. It does raise the question of whatever other countries are stronk, of course, but I'll leave that as an exercise for the group.

Link? Only links I can find are about Celebrity Big Brother UK releasing teaser video of her crying over the news and viewers complaining that the show/network was exploiting her.

Not that it matters much because I'm sure everyone's opinion is well entrenched, but this argument only can really be sustained if owning a video game had joined food, water and shelter as the basic necessities of life. Otherwise its a luxury, and one nobody had to have to live. Don't get me wrong, I understand that the way the market worked there were places in Eastern Europe that games were not legally available and pirating was the only way for many to play some games. But lets not pretend that people would have collapsed and died if they'd not been able to play the game and lets not pretend that all the piracy in the world was poor people in far away places where games weren't really being distributed either.

Blake dot? It's no fair to make fun of my mole! My mother always told me the wrapping does not make the gift! In fact, this hurt me so much I decided to get it surgically removed before doing my next 1 rep maximum weight. So much better! 101 kg / 222lbs standing press, maximum weight, no dot. Sorry, I didn't realize it was a sensitive topic (at least until you had it surgically removed, which might have left a certain tenderness) Not long from now you'll start sprouting tufts of hair from your ears and your eyebrows will decide that to protect your eyes from injury, they must now project a foot off your forehead to warn of incoming dangers. The first rule of booger bordello is not to talk about booger bordello.

First meeting with the Railroad seemed to go well. Note to Self: Any meeting you can walk away from, yeah? Not that I need it, being charming and wonderful and all of that. Note to Self: And humble, too!! Well that's not creepy at all. Note to Self: Yes, yes it is, really. Curie! Quit walking into my line of site! Note to Self: Although, admittedly, I probably could have put the gun away, all things considered. Curie! Quit blocking my looting the bodies! Note to Self: Or you could loot the bodies and just show me the good stuff. Either works really.

I don't think it helps; clickbait title are designed to use hyperbole to infuriate, which in turn leads to hyperbolic response. But I also think social media is a problem - it allows ideas to disseminate faster than I think people have the ability to come to grips as to what it really means and deal with in a rational way.

They were probably "spewing" without you noticing until they came to your attention.

I get the excitement of the press achievement, but I'd think having an opaque black dot over your face during lifts and presses would be a big hindrance to proper breathing.

After reading this thread, it seems to me that if Obsidian made a game where you were a vampire spy for an obscure religion that granted special abilities because it connected all life-forms together and the PC worked for one of several competing factions in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that were structured like feudal kingdoms and generally used swords and such everyone would get something they wanted.

Trashcan Carla. She seems to travel between sanctuary hills, drumlin diner and bunker hill and it's easy to hit her schedule.

That's going to need more than a bandaid.

^You and me both. Love that game.

The car shall bother us no more! Note to Self: Actually it was a random trap on the bridge that set the car to explode, but we looked kinda funny there looking like we were attacking a car and all. A Gunner sees the light! And by Light I mean superheated plasma. Note to self: Afterwards, his spirit walked into the light. Back in town, it seems that Kyle Long has taken up with a Brahmin Note to Self: And now I understand why Marcy has such a chip on her shoulder! I have become Tunesmith, destroyer of silent wastelands Note to Self: if only I could get it to play only the songs I wanted... Later, I toy with the idea of becoming a bohemian artist Note to self: I'd go for art critic but there's little about art to criticize now other than maybe people not making any. But I decide to return to my true passion, hacking computers Note to Self: That's what our era gets for using one vendor for every PC in the market. And using "Password" for passwords. I find myself in the south west of Boston. Should have brought my power armor. Note to Self: Ask Curie to check for signs of genetic damage later Oh hi, Deathclaw Note to Self: No, it's not true. Don't even ask. What's new with you? Vintage advertising art - they don't make 'em like they used to! Note to Self: Now I want a cool sexy space suit. All I got now is power armor and a hazard suit.

...of every TOMB RAIDER since the first one? No. The first Tomb Raider actually had very little combat and what little combat there was was mostly against animals. That game was heavily focused on puzzle platforming, (I'm guesstimating here) about 85% exploration and puzzle platforming and 15% combat, and thus is my favorite game in the series. Every Tomb Raider after gradually increased the combat percentage (much to my dismay) to the point where Underworld was like 65% exploration and puzzle platforming and 35% combat. Even with the increase in combat, that game was still focused on puzzle platforming (though much less than I'd like). Then Torture Porn Rider pushed it much further in the combat direction to the point that the 2013 reboot was about 75% combat and 25% exploration. I purposely didn't mention puzzle platforming because, while technically there were some puzzles, they were so childishly easy that it was flat out insulting, thus I argue they don't count. I'm not saying this as an exaggeration for emphasis, I legitimately felt insulted by the "puzzles" in Tomb Raider 2013. The earlier games, though less about puzzle platforming than I'd like, still had puzzle platforming as an integral part. The "puzzle platforming" in the reboot felt like an afterthought, like they were patronizing me. It was sad. Anyway, what I want is a game even less combat focused than the first Tomb Raider and more open and with more human (non-killing) interactions with people. Like talking to them. Sorry I dropped the series after the third one because I got tired of running around city levels ("ooo, London" I remember reviews at the time crying) shooting gangsters. I'd rate the reboot to be better than either Tomb Raider 2 or 3 (but not a patch on the original) because at least there was a rationale for why you had to fight. I get that you didn't like it, but frankly I was done with the series until the reboot because it had - in my opinion - long ago become about running around and machine gunning people. Yes I wanted more exploration and puzzles from the reboot, but at least the reboot was honest about what it was with its survivalist scenario, something the series hadn't been IMO since it became "Lara Croft shoots a bunch of people around the world while the press teases whether you see her nude or not" pretending to be a Tomb Raider title.

Drumlin Diner is North West of Lexington, it lies between Lexington and Concord on the main road. There's both a permanent merchant (once you solve a problem/quest) and possibly a wandering merchant that shows up at the location (meaning sometimes you have two merchants there).

RIP. Really sad news.

...of every TOMB RAIDER since the first one?

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! This would be Dorthy who traveled with a living scarecrow, a man who consists of tin replacement parts for his original body after a witch's curse caused him to cut all of his body parts off and a talking lion; who got help from a good witch; who killed two evil witches and who eventually gets home by a pair of magic silver slippers. BUT the important thing to remember is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs was an old fraud (from Omaha, to boot!)