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[quote name='dmaul1114']The books are great if you haven't read them. The first 3 anyway. Books 4 and 5 weren't as great, but still good.[/QUOTE]

I just started the 3rd book yesterday. Already 200 pages in. I'm already starting to get sick of certain character chapters that don't seem to be going anywhere though.
 
[quote name='BlueScrote']I just started the 3rd book yesterday. Already 200 pages in. I'm already starting to get sick of certain character chapters that don't seem to be going anywhere though.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like my problems with Tolkien when he starts sticking those poems and stuff in the LotR books. I'd skip whole pages of that stuff. And I'd skim the paragraphs where he'd go into immense detail about the way a ray of light glimmered off a drop of water on a particular leaf. "Oh, you're not advancing the story in this long as boring paragraph? SKIMMED." :lol:
 
Huh, this could be good:

“We know a lot of players are worried that with the gem system tournaments will be harder to run,” Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono told Eurogamer.
“We know they take a lot of time. A lot of players were saying, ‘I have to do button checks. Do I have to do a gem check now before a match?’ With regards to that we plan to release a free post-launch tournament support mode.”
Capcom hopes to release the tournament support mode as quickly as possible. “Hopefully it will alleviate a lot of the concerns the community has,” Ono said.
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Wonder if that means they'll have a no-gems tourney mode.
 
Josh, I'm gonna try to watch 300 today actually.

My laptop came today! Which means I can skype in my basement without having to worry about waking everyone in my house up! I wonder if this thing could at least run Civ IV.

Hopefully my heatsink comes today too, so I can overclock my CPU. Apparently I could get it up to 4.0ghz per core without an issue. I have it running at stock right now.

By the way, that pharmacist that was using my mom to hit on me is fucking hot...
now I need a reason to go back to the pharmacy.
I'm thinking, "Yeah, I think the antibiotics you gave me were poisonous. I'm gonna need your name and phone number so my lawyer can contact you about this..."
 
[quote name='BlueScrote']I just started the 3rd book yesterday. Already 200 pages in. I'm already starting to get sick of certain character chapters that don't seem to be going anywhere though.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, and that's the problem with books 4 and 5. Too many chapters with secondary characters. And the main plot doesn't move very much forward in those two books compared to the first 3. Especially book 4 as it doesn't focus on several of the central characters.

Book 5 occurs over the same time period and focuses on those characters mainly. What happened was book 4 got split in two as it got too long, and rather than just chopping it in the middle, Martin just put certain character arcs in book 4 and certain in book 5.

But, even with all those issues, they're still good reads since there well written etc., just not on par with the first 3. Hopefully book 6 is a return to form.

[quote name='corrosivefrost']Sounds like my problems with Tolkien when he starts sticking those poems and stuff in the LotR books. I'd skip whole pages of that stuff. And I'd skim the paragraphs where he'd go into immense detail about the way a ray of light glimmered off a drop of water on a particular leaf. "Oh, you're not advancing the story in this long as boring paragraph? SKIMMED." :lol:[/QUOTE]

I loved all that stuff in Tolkien personally. All the history, detail, poetry etc. is what elevates his work above other fantasy offerings IMO.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']Wonder if that means they'll have a no-gems tourney mode.[/QUOTE]

I think that it probably more likely means a more basic menu with no pictures, details, activation conditions etc.... Something that is quick and simple to browse.
 
[quote name='Jimbo Slice']I think that it probably more likely means a more basic menu with no pictures, details, activation conditions etc.... Something that is quick and simple to browse.[/QUOTE]

Or that tourney mode disallows all unlockable gems and only uses a standard set? still, you have to check buttons +10 gems or whatever every time you switch players? it's a nightmare. no gems would be the easiest solution -- it's not like it's a core game mechanic. :)
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']no gems would be the easiest solution -- it's not like it's a core game mechanic. :)[/QUOTE]

Whoa, hold up, SFxT without the gems!?!?

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[quote name='BlueScrote']wtf are these gems everyone is talking about?[/QUOTE]

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[quote name='corrosivefrost']Or that tourney mode disallows all unlockable gems and only uses a standard set? still, you have to check buttons +10 gems or whatever every time you switch players? it's a nightmare. no gems would be the easiest solution -- it's not like it's a core game mechanic. :)[/QUOTE]

3 gems per character, could take only slightly longer than assist / ism / groove if they do it right. It's not like in a tournament setting a player is going to go into the character select screen without knowing exactly what he is going to pick.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']Huh, this could be good:



Wonder if that means they'll have a no-gems tourney mode.[/QUOTE]
lol Look at these renegers. No gems mode would be tight.

[quote name='linkpwns']Josh, I'm gonna try to watch 300 today actually.
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About time.
My laptop came today! Which means I can skype in my basement without having to worry about waking everyone in my house up! I wonder if this thing could at least run Civ IV.
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Civ IV is old, so it should run it. Dunno how well, but it'll run.
Hopefully my heatsink comes today too, so I can overclock my CPU. Apparently I could get it up to 4.0ghz per core without an issue. I have it running at stock right now.
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The only issues involve tweaking your bios settings. Locked multi = increasing QPI = having to tweak other things. Don't expect to jump in and BAM 4 Ghz when you have a locked multiplier.
By the way, that pharmacist that was using my mom to hit on me is fucking hot...
now I need a reason to go back to the pharmacy.
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Go get that shit.
I'm thinking, "Yeah, I think the antibiotics you gave me were poisonous. I'm gonna need your name and phone number so my lawyer can contact you about this..."
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You're not Joel.

Actually, scratch that. Joel would be outside of her bedroom window every night, leaving a trail of man juice in his wake.

[quote name='corrosivefrost']Or that tourney mode disallows all unlockable gems and only uses a standard set? still, you have to check buttons +10 gems or whatever every time you switch players? it's a nightmare. no gems would be the easiest solution -- it's not like it's a core game mechanic. :)[/QUOTE]
This wouldn't be as good as no gems, but it's something. . .I guess?
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']
Go get that shit.

You're not Joel.

Actually, scratch that. Joel would be outside of her bedroom window every night, leaving a trail of man juice in his wake.
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I agree on going and getting that shit, but Hank's wrong about how I'd go about it.

Mikey should've laid down some game about how he's getting jacked at the gym.

Mikey was right in thinking to ask for her number (even if the "reason" he was using wasn't so great), he should've gotten it and hit her up after he was feeling better to offer her a nice evening out as a thank you. At the end of the night, Mikey'd be the one getting the thanks, though. ;)

Also, my favorite match from last night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGLa7ZZLkM4&list=UUs7iNsfR1Z9Feh6M6AYv4EQ&index=1&feature=plcp
 
That is essentially how I play. I am improving, though. I'm getting more comfortable with trying to combo into and out of things. I've got two more videos I'm uploading now.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']OK, OK, I won't block during round 3, guys!![/QUOTE]

There's no time to block when you are chasing Joel for an entire round as he ping pongs all over the screen. :D
 
[quote name='CaptainJoel']Also, my favorite match from last night:[/QUOTE]

This was the match where you wrecked hank the first round?

[quote name='MSUHitman']I bought 3rd Strike on PSN while it was on sale so I can play with you guys.[/QUOTE]

Go for it.

EDIT: I usually host, so add me and I'll invite you when you pop on randomly, if we're playing.
 
[quote name='distgfx']This was the match where you wrecked hank the first round?



Go for it.[/QUOTE]
Yes.

And I read that in the 3S announcer voice.
 
[quote name='linkpwns']Josh, I'm gonna try to watch 300 today actually.
[/QUOTE]

With all this joking, I'm a little worried you're actually going to watch 300 instead of Seven Samurai.
 
That one chick on OKCupid keeps talking to me because I apparently have somehow not scared her away yet, so I'm now breaking the fuck out of the ice by telling her how gorgeous I think she is.

Big bucks, no blockies.
 
[quote name='CaptainJoel']That one chick on OKCupid keeps talking to me because I apparently have somehow not scared her away yet, so I'm now breaking the fuck out of the ice by telling her how gorgeous I think she is.

Big bucks, no blockies.[/QUOTE]Pics or GTFO.
 
I wanna play 3s with you guys...


/edit: AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA okCupid lists one of the categories "Drugs"
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']
The only issues involve tweaking your bios settings. Locked multi = increasing QPI = having to tweak other things. Don't expect to jump in and BAM 4 Ghz when you have a locked multiplier.

Go get that shit.
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Apparently it's not too difficult.
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=324998

And trust me, I do have every intention of doing so.
Our encounter could have been filmed for a RoCo, it was pretty damn obvious
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Is that duckface in the very first picture, Joel?[/QUOTE]I don't think that is.... Unless we have different ideas of the act of duckface.

[quote name='j-cart']I wanna play 3s with you guys...


/edit: AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA okCupid lists one of the categories "Drugs"[/QUOTE]
You should hop on with us one of these nights!
 
[quote name='ihadFG']With all this joking, I'm a little worried you're actually going to watch 300 instead of Seven Samurai.[/QUOTE]
I'm not.

Tonight we dine IN HELL!!!

[quote name='CaptainJoel']That one chick on OKCupid keeps talking to me because I apparently have somehow not scared her away yet, so I'm now breaking the fuck out of the ice by telling her how gorgeous I think she is.

Big bucks, no blockies.[/QUOTE]
Pimpin. :cool:
[quote name='shrike4242']Pics or GTFO.[/QUOTE]
Shrike knows what's up.
[quote name='CaptainJoel']http://www.okcupid.com/profile/blackeyedkids
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I don't see any Batman tattoos.
Not in the game of Joel.

Girls all about blocking me.
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If they close the door, go through the window.
[quote name='The Crotch']Is that duckface in the very first picture, Joel?[/QUOTE]
:whistle2:k. . .Pretty close.
[quote name='linkpwns']Apparently it's not too difficult.
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=324998

And trust me, I do have every intention of doing so.
Our encounter could have been filmed for a RoCo, it was pretty damn obvious[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it's not difficult. It just takes a bit of tweaking and not just instant 4 Ghz. Be prepared to reset your CMOS.

You should film your next encounter with her for the pilot.
[quote name='shrike4242']I guess she's trying to channel her inner Zooey Deschanel?[/QUOTE]
Zooey after a few doughnuts.
[quote name='icebeast']?
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The OG Duckface.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']I had one of those when I was a wee'un.[/QUOTE]I can't picture you as a wee'un. I'm thinking you popped out of some large egg, fully grown and ornery.

[quote name='hankmecrankme']Shrike knows what's up.[/quote]I've seen that posted around here more than enough that someone has to say it or the thread isn't complete.

Zooey after a few doughnuts.
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One way to look at it, yes.
 
My TV reset itself last night to factory default settings. I hate my TV, but I'm still hesitant to pull the trigger because I graduate Spring of 2013 with my third degree and have ZERO plans to stay here. Moving that sucker would be annoying as fuck. I plan to take my PC, monitor, consoles and games with me. All pretty small items, but a 37 inch TV? Ugh. I'm too much of a bitch to just pull the trigger on a high price item, too.

Ok, there's my mini-rant.
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']You could just save the box and have it shipped to your new location when you move.

Just a suggestion.[/QUOTE]

I'd be scared of what condition it would arrive in.
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']You could just save the box and have it shipped to your new location when you move.

Just a suggestion.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't suggest shipping anything that could be broken, my friend shipped his PC from NY to WA when he came to college and even though he packed that thing like crazy the shipping company still managed to totally destroy part of his computer. The pins on the CPU were bent so it was unusable, and I think his GPU might have had issues too. Luckily whatever the company was (UPS maybe?) ended up giving him money since it was insured so he was able to replace the stuff, but it was still a hassle. Then when he went back home after college was over he shipped his PC again from WA to NY, same company, and somehow they destroyed his computer again, but they did pay for it again, and he ended up just getting a mac mini since he wanted to start doing some iphone development. When he moved from NY to CA a couple years later he took the mac mini on the plane with him, and it arrived in fine condition, haha.
 
lol How do you bend CPU pins from shipping once the CPU is installed? That fucker had to be dropped like 20 feet.

My friend had a 42" Panny G10 Plasma show up with the screen totally busted out. Was hilarious. White glove delivery my ass.
 
[quote name='distgfx']My TV reset itself last night to factory default settings. I hate my TV, but I'm still hesitant to pull the trigger because I graduate Spring of 2013 with my third degree and have ZERO plans to stay here. Moving that sucker would be annoying as fuck. I plan to take my PC, monitor, consoles and games with me. All pretty small items, but a 37 inch TV? Ugh. I'm too much of a bitch to just pull the trigger on a high price item, too.

Ok, there's my mini-rant.[/QUOTE]Sounds like it, yes.

37" TV would be sent to you via UPS, as it's still small enough and light enough to not exceed UPS/FedEx Ground shipping limits.

Keep the box, pack the TV back in the box, and if it gets screwed up in shipment, you can take UPS/FedEx to town (assuming you insure the shipment, of course) because it's an original shipping box and meets their requirements for protection for the TV.

If it's something you're worried about it, pack it in the car and drive it to your new location.

[quote name='hankmecrankme']You could just save the box and have it shipped to your new location when you move.

Just a suggestion.[/QUOTE]Gee, that sounds familiar.

[quote name='distgfx']I'd be scared of what condition it would arrive in.[/QUOTE]Hopefully not broken.

[quote name='icebeast']I wouldn't suggest shipping anything that could be broken, my friend shipped his PC from NY to WA when he came to college and even though he packed that thing like crazy the shipping company still managed to totally destroy part of his computer. The pins on the CPU were bent so it was unusable, and I think his GPU might have had issues too. Luckily whatever the company was (UPS maybe?) ended up giving him money since it was insured so he was able to replace the stuff, but it was still a hassle. Then when he went back home after college was over he shipped his PC again from WA to NY, same company, and somehow they destroyed his computer again, but they did pay for it again, and he ended up just getting a mac mini since he wanted to start doing some iphone development.[/QUOTE]It sounds like the American Tourister gorilla that tested furniture moved on to UPS/FedEx. If you pack it in the original boxes, it shouldn't be an issue with getting damaged in shipment. Otherwise, it's up for debate if it'll survive the trip or not.
 
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