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pharmacrest said:
What is the cost? Why is it so much now? Just the travel or the festival itself?
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Before the tickets were primarily for admission to the beer fest part and you could buy up to 3 bottles of the beer. I think it was like $50 plus however much you decided to buy of the beer. Now I think it is $200 and you get 3 bottles of beer (would have cost $60 before). So it essentially went from $110 to $200. On top of that, you have to be part of their exclusive club to have first access to tickets. That is $120 a year (you get more than that back in beer) but it is so much in demand you can not get in. Even if you did, you can only get 1 ticket per membership. I am not going to go by myself.

Plus, now they do not have the same setup for case sales at the end of the day. I usually came back with at least 2 cases between myself and my friend so it made the travel costs worth it more.

With Asheville being much closer with less time wasted in travel and that fest being so much more laid back, it was an easy decision to change our yearly plans. I love Tampa and all the breweries there are great, but Asheville is so easy to get around and be able to go to a ton of beer focused places by foot or by bike. Less than a 3 hour drive compared to 8 is also a huge difference.

 
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GatorBeerGeek said:
Before the tickets were primarily for admission to the beer fest part and you could buy up to 3 bottles of the beer. I think it was like $50 plus however much you decided to buy of the beer. Now I think it is $200 and you get 3 bottles of beer (would have cost $60 before). So it essentially went from $110 to $200. On top of that, you have to be part of their exclusive club to have first access to tickets. That is $120 a year (you get more than that back in beer) but it is so much in demand you can not get in. Even if you did, you can only get 1 ticket per membership. I am not going to go by myself.

Plus, now they do not have the same setup for case sales at the end of the day. I usually came back with at least 2 cases between myself and my friend so it made the travel costs worth it more.

With Asheville being much closer with less time wasted in travel and that fest being so much more laid back, it was an easy decision to change our yearly plans. I love Tampa and all the breweries there are great, but Asheville is so easy to get around and be able to go to a ton of beer focused places by foot or by bike. Less than a 3 hour drive compared to 8 is also a huge difference.
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Sounds like the Great American Beer Fest here... tickets are expensive and sell out quick

 
CrazyDiamond84 said:
Its.not the new one..it's 2 year old madden. Pretty sure Kanamit mentioned having it (madden25), but just felt like firing it up today and playing one game.
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Oh you are playing madden 25 I thought you were playing the other one. I tried to get some of the "easier" trophies but that whole system is a mess.

I downloaded a team of all 99's like they suggested but I found no way to make that my team for that particular mode. It's like you have to have this for that and that for this but make sure you make this that so you can get this because you can't use this for that. But there's no simple way to click this and make it that. fuck you EA!

In the end I decided it wasn't worth it. Gator had it right when he said he quit playing that shit once they came out with MUT. I am now doing the same.

 
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GatorBeerGeek said:
Before the tickets were primarily for admission to the beer fest part and you could buy up to 3 bottles of the beer. I think it was like $50 plus however much you decided to buy of the beer. Now I think it is $200 and you get 3 bottles of beer (would have cost $60 before). So it essentially went from $110 to $200. On top of that, you have to be part of their exclusive club to have first access to tickets. That is $120 a year (you get more than that back in beer) but it is so much in demand you can not get in. Even if you did, you can only get 1 ticket per membership. I am not going to go by myself.

Plus, now they do not have the same setup for case sales at the end of the day. I usually came back with at least 2 cases between myself and my friend so it made the travel costs worth it more.

With Asheville being much closer with less time wasted in travel and that fest being so much more laid back, it was an easy decision to change our yearly plans. I love Tampa and all the breweries there are great, but Asheville is so easy to get around and be able to go to a ton of beer focused places by foot or by bike. Less than a 3 hour drive compared to 8 is also a huge difference.
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That does sound annoying. Asheville is great I am sure. Its still a relatively small town and everything is close together in the valley. And the hipsters everywhere probably know a lot about beer.

 
kanamit said:
Oh you are playing madden 25 I thought you were playing the other one. I tried to get some of the "easier" trophies but that whole system is a mess.

I downloaded a team of all 99's like they suggested but I found no way to make that my team for that particular mode. It's like you have to have this for that and that for this but make sure you make this that so you can get this because you can't use this for that. But there's no simple way to click this and make it that. fuck you EA!

In the end I decided it wasn't worth it. Gator had it right when he said he quit playing that shit once they came out with MUT. I am now doing the same.
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Yea, haven't started MUT. I too will never understand why they have the need to make trophies every year for that dumb mode. Do people actually enjoy that aspect of Madden??
 
pharmacrest said:
That does sound annoying. Asheville is great I am sure. Its still a relatively small town and everything is close together in the valley. And the hipsters everywhere probably know a lot about beer.
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It is more hippies than hipsters. That fest is at the end of winter and it is still too damn cold there for the hippies to be out in force then. They are only around when it is hot out so they can really kill you with that combo of BO and Stinkor.

I think it is all hippies with trust funds and that is why they disappear when the weather is not as good.

 
CrazyDiamond84 said:
Yea, haven't started MUT. I too will never understand why they have the need to make trophies every year for that dumb mode. Do people actually enjoy that aspect of Madden??
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I am glad I havent played Madden since they started that. Every time I hear you guys talk about it it sounds AWFUL. I would just want to play football with the teams that are actually out on the field every Sunday. Getting players from random decks? What the fuck? This isnt supposed to be some shitty card game for Cainiac.

 
pharmacrest said:
I am glad I havent played Madden since they started that. Every time I hear you guys talk about it it sounds AWFUL. I would just want to play football with the teams that are actually out on the field every Sunday. Getting players from random decks? What the fuck? This isnt supposed to be some shitty card game for Cainiac.
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It sounds like the mobile version of Madden where you spend coins to draw guys out of packs and they throw you a bone once in awhile with a 99 Bo Jackson that lasts two weeks until they downgrade him to after hip surgery Bo. I played some of that last year. It was alright but got bored after about 6 weeks.

 
Yo mild, you get the Unit 13 co-op trophy yet?  If not, wanna try tonight?  Could use that Unit 13 space for some sweet sweet Ass Creed.

 
I love random recruiter emails from LinkedIn.
 
Here's the start of one I just got...
 
"Hi Shaun,

Hi Chris,

My name is..."
 
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From the Stern Pinball Facebook page:

Stern Pinball is teaming up with FarSight to make a new app/game/portal called Stern Pinball Arcade, featuring only Stern real-life tables.  I say fuck yeah to this development.

No mention of platforms, but I imagine it'll be on all the ones regular ol' Pinball Arcade is on.  More details in the fall (even though it's already fall).

Press release in the spoiler.
 
Stern Pinball Announces New Expanded Partnership with Digital Game Developer FarSight Studios
World’s Leading Maker of Arcade Quality Pinball Games Teams Up With Digital Pinball Wizards to Connect the Real and Virtual Worlds

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – September 22, 2015 – Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball games, announced a new expanded partnership with FarSight Studios, a developer and publisher of multi-platform digital games including The Pinball Arcade. FarSight will develop a new digital platform called the Stern Pinball Arcade that will feature exact virtual replicas of Stern Pinball’s hottest terrestrial pinball machines.
FarSight Studios has been developing top videogame products across platforms for more than two decades. From movie licensed strategy games and hardcore sports titles to edutainment games for kids and mass-market software. Over the years, FarSight has developed many best-selling franchises, such as Game Party, Sega Sports’ NFL games for the Genesis, NCAA college football games for EA, Backyard Sports for Atari, PlayTV for Radica/Mattel and the Pinball Hall of Fame for Crave.
“At Stern, we’re always looking for new ways to excite our existing fans and gain new ones,” said Gary Stern, CEO of Stern Pinball. “Expanding our partnership with FarSight Studios is helping us do just that. Both gamers and pinball enthusiasts of all stripes and abilities will love the new products we create together.”
“Anyone in the gaming world knows Stern Pinball, which is why we are so pleased about the renewal and expansion of this partnership,” said Jay Obernolte, CEO of FarSight Studios. “We always want to be offering our customers more and we think our fans will love the pinball titles that Stern has to offer.”
Pricing and Availability
Availability of the new products and pricing will be announced later this fall. To learn more about the partnership please visit www.SternPinball.com.
About Stern Pinball, Inc.
Stern Pinball, Inc., headquartered just outside Chicago, Illinois, is the oldest and largest producer of arcade-quality pinball games in the world. Stern’s highly talented creative and technical teams design, engineer and manufacture a full line of popular pinball games, merchandise and accessories. Recent Stern titles include KISS, WWE WrestleMania, The Walking Dead, Mustang, Star Trek, Metallica, The Avengers, X-Men, AC/DC, Tron, Transformers, Avatar, Iron Man, Batman, Spiderman and many more! All of Stern’s pinball games are crafted by hand and assembled by Stern’s expert team. A broad range of players enjoy Stern’s games from professional pinball players that compete in high-stakes international competitions around the globe to novice players who are discovering the allure of the silver ball for the first time. To join the fun and learn more, please visit www.SternPinball.com.
About FarSight Studios
FarSight Studios started developing pinball video games in 2004 with the critically acclaimed Pinball Hall of Fame games. G4TV awarded Best Mobile Game of 2012 to FarSight’s Pinball Arcade. Pinball Arcade features exact recreations of the all-time greatest pinball tables from Williams®, Bally®, Stern Pinball®, and Gottlieb® together in one game with a new table added each month. Pinball Arcade has been downloaded over 12 million times across mobile, console and PC platforms, and has over one million active players each month. Check out FarSight Studios and The Pinball Arcade for more details.
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tylerh1701 said:
Mega Man Legends coming to PSN next week. (PS1 classic for PS3 and Vita)

http://www.capcom-unity.com/gregaman/blog/2015/09/22/mega-man-legends-coming-to-north-american-playstation-store
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Nice. Hopefully the second one will be released, too. I had no idea they got so valuable up until like a year and a half ago (at which point I promptly sold them both). Legends 2 was sweet because I think I bought it at like an FYE when they were getting rid of that generation of games. Spent like $5 and sold it for $95.

 
iv never been to a strip club other than gtaV but iv known a bunch of strippers.

 also got gold and silver ds3s today, so those look nice together.

 
Velo and Gator: haven't you guys ever been to bachelor parties?  That's how I always get dragged to strip clubs.

 
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