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3511
« on: January 15, 2016, 09:04:28 AM »
I despise P@TB but I gotta admit Impossible Year is pretty great.
3512
« on: January 14, 2016, 09:12:57 PM »
Might be the greatest thing Mr. Williams has ever conjured up...
It's the Resistance...
That was awesome, and I don't remember it at all. I feel like the score was poorly utilized in the film.
3513
« on: January 14, 2016, 09:11:19 PM »
Potential Rogue One spoilers
Nobody going to comment on this? If it ends up being true it won't be much of a spoiler, as it'll probably be all over the advertisements for the film.
Which part is the spoiler, that Vader's in it? Because I think that was already known.
3514
« on: January 14, 2016, 09:09:36 PM »
I demand updates at every bonfire.
3515
« on: January 14, 2016, 08:16:01 PM »
Not to spoil anything, but pyromancy is a great option for beginners because it's fairly powerful and lets you experience both magic and melee combat in a good mix. Plus you can get a good set of armor for it fairly quickly.
3516
« on: January 14, 2016, 07:55:56 PM »
1. Michael B. Jordan, “Creed”: I'm not too surprised this didn't get him a nomination. It was a good performance but nothing that stands out.
I haven't seen most of these (as usual  ) but I would have thought Michael B. Jordan's performance in Creed was at least good enough for some sort of acknowledgement. I think it's a little bit dishonest to say it's not a stand out performance, because it is, especially in the face of this abomination. Talk about a career save 
Yeah I have no doubt we'll be seeing Michael B. Jordan in the Oscars soon, but just look at the other actors on the list -- his performance in Creed can't compete with them.
3517
« on: January 14, 2016, 05:08:14 PM »
It's pretty horrifying that his plan to pay for college tuition and housing by taxing speculators assumes a 50% fall in trading as a result of the tax.
Just a reminder that the stock market isn't just a profit-pool for rich bankers, it's the source of gains for retirement plans, insurance groups, philanthropic investments, shareholders, and small businesses. It doesn't exist just to be taxed whenever the government desires.
3518
« on: January 14, 2016, 03:48:29 PM »
Plan:
Renewable Energy and Clean Jobs Transition: Sen. Sanders has a plan to invest in clean, sustainable energy sources powered by the sun, wind and Earth’s heat. He also has a plan to provide comprehensive benefits to workers as they transition to making the solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries of tomorrow.
Payment:
Paid for by stopping taxpayer-funded giveaways to oil, gas and coal companies. I'd vote for him in a heartbeat if he embraced nuclear energy the same way instead of propagating the same nuclear-fearmongering we've seen for decades. It's insane that the democratic party hasn't spearheaded nuclear energy.
3519
« on: January 14, 2016, 03:26:34 PM »
Is this your way of ditching me?
3520
« on: January 14, 2016, 02:42:58 PM »
3521
« on: January 14, 2016, 02:40:52 PM »
the fact that benicio del toro didnt get a supporting actor nod is a travesty
Yeah, but the supporting actors that were nominated are solid. Plus, #BLM doesn't care about hispanics.
3522
« on: January 14, 2016, 01:35:37 PM »
They're only as flawed as a pair of scissors are for cleaning your ears.
wat
trying to assess somethings quality without considering what it's meant to be used for
Oh. Yeah, I think he gets the purpose of the mechanics, he just doesn't like it.
3523
« on: January 14, 2016, 01:30:52 PM »
They're only as flawed as a pair of scissors are for cleaning your ears.
wat
3524
« on: January 14, 2016, 01:25:04 PM »
Here's my current rotating album, a collection of artwork by one of my favorite artists, Rob Gonsalves: http://imgur.com/a/bFr5q
3525
« on: January 14, 2016, 01:16:51 PM »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/01/14/oscarssowhite-but-here-are-7-great-2015-performances-by-black-actors/?tid=sm_fbAnother year of journalists claiming the AMPAS is racist for not nominating any black actors or actresses for the four relevant categories. I'm not familiar with some of the supporting actors, but the leading roles are pretty spot-on in my opinion. You can see the full list of nominees here: http://oscar.go.com/nomineesFrom the article: 1. Michael B. Jordan, “Creed”: I'm not too surprised this didn't get him a nomination. It was a good performance but nothing that stands out. 2. O’Shea Jackson Jr., “Straight Outta Compton”: This was a legitimately great performance for a debut performance, but nowhere near Oscar-worthy. 3. Abraham Attah, “Beasts of No Nation”: Didn't see this, but generally it's very rare for children to be nominated, let alone win an Oscar. 4. Jada Pinkett Smith, “Magic Mike XXL”: Nope. 5. Audra McDonald, “Ricki and the Flash”: Nobody in this film deserves a nomination. 6. Adepero Oduye, “The Big Short”: A pretty by-the-numbers performance, and she was only on-screen for about 5 minutes total, if that. 7. John Boyega, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: Another good debut performance but it was nothing special. 8. Teyonah Parris, “Chi-Raq”: Didn't see this one, but Parris is a great actress from what I've seen. From reviews of this film I could definitely see her being eligible for a nomination. Anyways, what're your thoughts?
3526
« on: January 14, 2016, 01:05:19 PM »
PS3
I'm on PC, anyway. Oh well.
3527
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:52:28 PM »
Yes, you can.
But I can't play online with friends without risking getting invaded.
If you're playing with a friend the game becomes significantly easier. Invasions balance that out, though they're rare. Just like how powerful weapons are also slower and thus leave you open to attack, the ability to summon humans or NPCs to assist you have the downside of allowing sporadic challenges through invasions. Speaking of co-op, which platform are you going to play it on? I'm down to play sometime. I think I'd have to make a new character to meet level requirements though.
3528
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:46:02 PM »
I didn't ask for the fucker to invade me--I just want him to fuck off and let me play the fucking game. Can I just DO that?
Yes, you can.
3529
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:44:24 PM »
Don't you vehemently oppose a minimum wage?
3530
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:35:44 PM »
If invasions were comprised of NPC characters alone, then it wouldn't be a problem--it would be like a random encounter in your average RPG. But instead, we have real human beings actively fucking each other over for "fun."
I'm having trouble reconciling your acceptance of NPC invasions (which do happen at specific points in the game) and human invasions. It's not done to fuck anyone over, it's done as a challenge for both participants. The invader is put at a significant disadvantage and cost; all duel etiquette goes out the window if you're trying to clear an area and you get invaded. You can gank, run, ambush, heal, etc., and the host reaps significantly more reward than the invader -- not to mention that if you get killed by an invader, you can 'indict' them so that they get added to a list of players to be targeted by one faction of players. There are also several indicators that you're going to be invaded, well in advance of the dialog box telling you, such as fog walls and some PvP or interactive items (white sign soapstone, namely) becoming unavailable, allowing you to exit and return to the game before the invasion occurs.
3531
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:24:46 PM »
If you, yourself, do not feel like you have sufficiently consented to invasions, then don't use the item. It's that simple. You keep referencing this "item" I've seen nobody else talk about. What exactly does it do?
Humanity is an item that provides a stacked effect (potent up to 10, but stackable to 99). It increases item discovery, restores all HP, provides a new stat that is tied to chaos-type weapons, and most importantly allows you to summon or invade players or NPCs. If it does anything else along with opening the doors for invasion, then that's a terrible mechanic.
You should be able to use that item and receive all its benefits without opening the doors for invasion.
The benefits exist specifically to offset the risk of invasion.
3532
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:20:43 PM »
https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-bernie-pays-for-his-proposals/Plan:
Rebuild America Act: Sen. Sanders has proposed a $1 trillion plan to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and put 13 million Americans to work.
Payment:
Paid for by making corporations pay taxes on all of the “profits” they have shifted to the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens, which the Congressional Research Services estimates may currently create losses that approach $100 billion annually, and other loopholes.
Cost: $1T/10y
Revenue: $100B/y Plan:
College for All: Sen. Sanders has proposed making public colleges and universities tuition-free and substantially reducing student debt, in a plan that would cost about $75 billion a year.
Payment:
Paid for by imposing a tax on Wall Street speculators that would generate about $300 billion in revenue.
Cost: $75B/y
Revenue: $300B/y Plan:
Expand and Extend Social Security: Sen. Sanders has proposed expanding Social Security and extending the solvency of this program until 2065.
Payment:
Paid for by lifting the cap on taxable income above $250,000 so that the wealthy pay the same percentage of their income into Social Security as working people.
Cost: $1.2T/10y
Revenue: $1.2T/10y Plan:
Youth Jobs Program: Sen. Sanders has proposed a $5.5 billion youth jobs program to create 1 million jobs for disadvantaged young Americans.
Payment:
Paid for by ending the carried interest loophole that allows billionaire hedge fund managers to pay a lower tax rate than nurses and truck drivers.
Cost: $5.5B/2y
Revenue: $15.6B/10y Plan:
Paid Family and Medical Leave: Sen. Sanders has proposed at least 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to all workers.
Payment:
Paid for by a payroll tax that would total $1.61 a week for the typical American worker. According to Sen. Gillibrand’s office, this would be “a self-sufficient program that would not add to the federal budget.”
Cost:
Revenue: $319 billion/10y Plan:
Protect Pensions: Sen. Sanders has introduced a plan to prevent cuts to the pensions of over 1.5 million Americans.
Payment:
Paid for by closing two tax loopholes that allow the wealthy to avoid taxes on money they inherit and expensive artwork they collect.
Cost: $29B/10
Revenue: $29B/10y Plan:
Renewable Energy and Clean Jobs Transition: Sen. Sanders has a plan to invest in clean, sustainable energy sources powered by the sun, wind and Earth’s heat. He also has a plan to provide comprehensive benefits to workers as they transition to making the solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries of tomorrow.
Payment:
Paid for by stopping taxpayer-funded giveaways to oil, gas and coal companies.
Cost: $110B/10y
Revenue: $135B/10y Some good, some bad, some utterly ridiculous.
3533
« on: January 14, 2016, 12:01:17 PM »
Why are you incapable of disagreeing with someone without acting like a toddler?
Toddlers aren't capable of formulating cogent arguments against their opposition like I am.
Cogency is irrelevant when the brunt of your argument is "I don't like this, and you're stupid if you disagree". You've presented no argument other than repeating ad nauseam that you don't see the use of an optional item designed specifically to allow you to engage other players as consenting. Clearly everyone else in this thread disagrees. If you, yourself, do not feel like you have sufficiently consented to invasions, then don't use the item. It's that simple. Unless you've managed to somehow co-opt every other DkS players' agency to consent, your argument holds no water.
3534
« on: January 14, 2016, 11:52:52 AM »
I think you're a dumbass.
Why are you incapable of disagreeing with someone without acting like a toddler?
3535
« on: January 14, 2016, 11:41:29 AM »
Consent is objective. You enjoy it for poor, unsubstantiated reasons, as opposed to my reasons for not enjoying it.
My "unsubstantiated" reason is that a player explicitly consents to invasion by using the only item in the game which allows your character to be invaded, whose sole purpose is to open a player to PvP interaction. When using an estus flask, I explicitly consent to health being restored. If at any point while playing DkS I felt uncomfortable with the prospect of being invaded (and I did on numerous occasions), I would negate my consent for invasion by removing humanity or playing offline. Obviously there is no system that holds your hand and expressly asks you to agree to be invaded by a specific player; that would be ridiculous. This game won't coddle you and it will challenge your skill as well as how you think a game should play ("why do I lose my money/experience when I die?", "why can't I skip this boss?", "why don't they just tell me the story?"). I've told you before but this game just isn't in your wheelhouse, though I'd loved to be proved wrong. Your supposedly substantiated reason is that you don't like the consequence of using the item. That's it. This attitude is the source of pretty much every problem people have with you on this site: you always consider your viewpoints objective, obvious, and well-supported. You rarely open yourself to the consideration that something you believe could be incorrect, and when you do you spin it to show your previous opinion was right anyway.
3536
« on: January 14, 2016, 11:26:26 AM »
Neither are you.
Better than anyone else is.
Your argument is little more than you repeating that you don't consent to invasions, and you don't like that. It's really not an argument at all, it's just you espousing personal preference. I think 'consent' is a pretty irrelevant thing to talk about in regards to video games, but despite that I feel completely consenting when I get invaded while human in DkS. It's not a debate, it's just opposing opinions. I'm sorry you don't like a feature of a video game that you haven't even experienced; quite a lot of people enjoy it, and your personal criterion of consent for enjoyment isn't universal or objective.
3537
« on: January 14, 2016, 10:38:50 AM »
I've always felt that I'm explicitly consenting to invasions when using humanity in Dark Souls You're not, though.
Is there a prompt that says, "xXSuperDaSPlayerXx wishes to invade you. Do you accept his challenge? [yes] [no]"
If not, then no, you are not explicitly consenting to anything. You're implicitly consenting by playing the game, and choosing not to be bothered by the fact that you can't decline invasions.
Nothing's implicit. The game tells you very straightforwardly that use of humanity opens you to invasion and allows you to summon players or NPCs for help. If I choose to use the item, I am choosing to allow invaders. I feel like this discussion has been blown completely out of proportion, too; unless you're hanging around dueling locations, you're likely to be invaded maybe once or twice in your playthrough.
3538
« on: January 14, 2016, 09:04:44 AM »
I've always felt that I'm explicitly consenting to invasions when using humanity in Dark Souls, and when using the beckoning bell in Bloodborne. If I'm really just not in the mood (say, after finally slogging through all of Blighttown) I'd just force quit from an invasion. Or use chameleon, ring of fog, or silver talisman and just hang out until they leave.
3539
« on: January 14, 2016, 08:37:07 AM »
And Ken Kratz sounds like a talking vagina.
He was disbarred for sexting a domestic abuse victim he was representing and for drug abuse, so there's some recompense.
3540
« on: January 13, 2016, 04:19:05 PM »
Everybody dies at the Asylum Demon their first time. Anyone that says otherwise is a liar; it's a rite of passage.
I didn't.
Just because you couldn't beat him on your first try doesn't mean others couldn't.
That's fine, I just don't believe you.
I didn't die the first time.
>Not spamming him with bombs
>researching bosses instead of going in blind the first time and getting massacred
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