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[fball51]

Core i7-2600 CPU, GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU, 8GB RAM

I made a Jedi Sage and got him to level 13 on another server, but I'm decidedly unimpressed with his combat abilities, so I suppose starting over on another server wouldn't be a big thing.

Very nice setup! Better than mine on the processor, I might be a bit better on the graphics, and we're the same on RAM.

And I made a Sith Inquisitor (basically a Sage) and if you go the route of damage dealing, the later levels will be damn good.

Shoot me a PM if you decide to move over to Elysium. My two characters are Empire but I'll probably make a Republic one sometime soon.

[Mr_Quick]

Very nice setup! Better than mine on the processor, I might be a bit better on the graphics, and we're the same on RAM.

And I made a Sith Inquisitor (basically a Sage) and if you go the route of damage dealing, the later levels will be damn good.

Shoot me a PM if you decide to move over to Elysium. My two characters are Empire but I'll probably make a Republic one sometime soon.

Already did. I'm working on a Jedi Knight that I'm liking much better. I'm always tempted by the Consular when I'm roleplaying a facsimile of myself in Bioware's SW games, since their traditional focus on contemplation, empathy, diplomacy etc. is appealing to me, and I like the idea of roleplaying a keeper of the peace who uses violence as a last resort rather than the first or second one. You know....a Jedi, rather than a holier-than-thou punk.

Then I actually play the game and remember that RPGs, no matter how open-ended they claim to be, are invariably about carving your way through hordes of nameless baddies who you have no way of interacting with other than letting air into their skull, and what interactions you do have are scripted to make sure you have to keep killing more people no matter what option you take. Hence why my supposedly wise and empathic character makes constant diplomatic and conversational missteps that lead to completely avoidable confrontations, like being unbelievably condescending to a guy whose father was just murdered because he's understandably angry and wants payback. Makes me feel less like Yoda and more like...well, like my real, annoyingly hypocritical self. Not something a game ought to aspire to.

[Schadenfreude-]

This is geeky to the extreme

[LightMagician]

This is geeky to the extreme

Indeed.

[Adept]

schadenfreude what is with your signature

[le-franglais]

idk if you've seen this from the Syrian conflict but
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/sy...-assad-rebels/

wat

[GSArora]

Whoever on here recommended the Game of Thrones TV series, thank you SO much.
It is the greatest show I've ever seen, story wise, acting wise, in pretty much every aspect.
It's also motivated me to start reading the books again.
Godamnit now I can't wait for season 2.

[fball51]

Whoever on here recommended the Game of Thrones TV series, thank you SO much.
It is the greatest show I've ever seen, story wise, acting wise, in pretty much every aspect.
It's also motivated me to start reading the books again.
Godamnit now I can't wait for season 2.

You're welcome.

[Evlmstr]

Yeah, I sacrificed my social life by like 75% over the two months or so that I spent reading that series...it even got to the point where I would go out to my car on breaks from work just to read a chapter. Can't fucking wait for this Sunday.

[GSArora]

Indeed, though hes already killed off two of the best characters in the first book alone :/
Still, he kind've made it up with the way he killed Viserys. I can understand wanting to read a book without stopping, same thing happened with me and the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (though they got a little convoluted by the end, still just had to follow the characters)

Do you know if I can start reading the second book, not having read the first book but having seen the series?
I really don't like repetitiveness (redundancy?). I get the feeling I can, having read the synopsis for it on Wikipedia
Ill read it when I eventually re-read the series, because I definitely will, but I just finished the first season this week.

[Evlmstr]

The first season stays very true to the book, so I suppose you could just move to Clash of Kings and not miss any main plot points. But there is a lot of background info in the first book that isn't mentioned in the series, so I would still recommend reading the book.

[Armegeddon]

nerd central

[Evlmstr]

Both parties overwhelmingly kill bipartisan budget that falls somewhere within the realm of good sense

And the farce continues.

[Mr_Quick]

Both parties overwhelmingly kill bipartisan budget that falls somewhere within the realm of good sense

And the farce continues.

It really depresses me that the likes of Paul Ryan is the best the GOP can come up with at this point. The main difference between him and people like Bachmann and Perry seems to be that Ryan has some measure of eloquence. It's amusing enough that he thinks cutting revenue by half a trillion per year is the best way to balance the budget. However, it's downright infuriating that he mentions trimming the budget "so we can help the people who need it most", while cutting all the programs that do this in order to finance huge tax breaks for the rich and continued expansion of our already massively bloated military-industrial and prison-industrial systems. In short, giving more money to the segments of American society that are already the most overfunded, at the expense of the people who are most in need of help, such as people who are homeless or starving.

If there was a God who rewarded truth and punished falsehood, Ryan's seat in Congress would be a smoking crater by now.

[Evlmstr]

Obama used to be a constitutional law professor?

Looks like we're gonna be looking at round two of hissy fit against the Supreme Court

[fball51]

Remember how engagement worked? Me neither.

[Mr_Quick]

Remember how engagement worked? Me neither.

I applied for a job last week. They didn't hire me though, so I guess looking for a job doesn't work.

[fball51]

I applied for a job last week. They didn't hire me though, so I guess looking for a job doesn't work.

Did you apply to a job where the manager had repeatedly, in a variety of creative, and frankly disturbing ways, told you to go fuck yourself? If so, with that particular avenue, I'd say yes, it's not worth looking for employment.

[Mr_Quick]

Did you apply to a job where the manager had repeatedly, in a variety of creative, and frankly disturbing ways, told you to go fuck yourself? If so, with that particular avenue, I'd say yes, it's not worth looking for employment.

Might be worth running an app by if the place comes under new management. It might be embarrassing if I get told to fuck off again, but the cost to me is otherwise essentially zero.

Also worth mentioning that in US politics, the alternative to diplomacy is generally an approach akin to calling the manager a faggot for not hiring you and maybe drawing a few cocks on the windows after closing. Which adds additional problems in addition to not solving the initial problem.

[fball51]

Might be worth running an app by if the place comes under new management. It might be embarrassing if I get told to fuck off again, but the cost to me is otherwise essentially zero.

You honestly think that going from King Jong Il to Kim Jong-un constitutes "new management" in North Korea? That's adorable.

Also worth mentioning that in US politics, the alternative to diplomacy is generally an approach akin to calling the manager a faggot for not hiring you and maybe drawing a few cocks on the windows after closing. Which adds additional problems in addition to not solving the initial problem.

Now if the power dynamic between the U.S. and North Korea were the same power dynamic as between you and a potential employer... this would still be a woeful argument on your part.