Im actually sad about this one. Supposed self inflicted gun shot (aka Suicide). He had posted three things on instagram that were pretty sketchy, and I guess it makes sense now.

RIP Dave...

Well a little over two years. With Valentine's coming up I sat back tonight and had a few bevs with friends and I realized a few things.

One, as odd and rare as it is, in my entire life I've only chased after on girl. The story behind how I even started talking to her, or even originally had an interest for my gf is funny as fuck on its own, but it's just strange to me to have never strayed from a single goal. Usually when things are taking a little long you move on to the next one or just seem to sort of give up because it's not worth your time or resources. But to stick to it until it pulls off is kinda hard to do nowadays.

We live in the day and age of just hookups, no relationships, just hookups. As much as I disagree with living that kinda life it's just how things are now.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is, have you ever met or even seen someone that you said "that's who I'm going to get" and actually went through the long process of getting the person, and not once going on a tangent with someone else. Full commitment to one person, rather, full commitment to the chase. And how long did it take?

United tore Stoke a new asshole, and my team played like they used to 😁😁😁

How is everyone's day going?

I did one for the FIFA 16 Beta (and boy was that a long and descriptive review) so I thought I'd do one for this.

First off, it's a Beta and only shows up to a level cap of 8, and a pretty small portion of the map.

Only one story mission is available in the beta, and as unfortunate as that is it is understandable. The game starts directly after you create a character, which is the beta you are limited to 4 pre made faces with different variations of facial hair. Once your done, it slaps you into what appears to be a few moments after the true start to the full game, which I'm sure they left out for narrative reasons. Your in a helicopter with a women who appeared to have lost her eye and saved you from a skirmish that occured before. You land, nothing memorable is said, and off you go to set up a base of operations. The next part is the only mission, which is to rescue a doctor from Madison Square Garden. You fight maybe 6 groups of enemies, head to a rooftop, kill a boss (whom at the START is a bullet sponge, but quickly becomes very easy even on hard.) and boom your done.

Gameplay

The gameplay is pretty solid for a cover shooter. But one reminder, the game is a RPG first, shooter second. It does both sides of the coin surprisingly well. Your given a choice of 4 abilities in the beta, of which you can only bind 2 at a time (LB and RB, for Xbox One). These abilities consist of a scanner that scans for enemies and later on loot, a sticky grenade that sticks to anything and is detonated after clicking the bumper again, a riot shield that allows you to take extended punishment as well as shoot your side arm, and a healing pulse with a fairly small radius. Your only able to mod the scanner in the Beta. Using these together can be very satisfying, and I stuck with the scanner and healing pulse. Pulse to see enemies before you turn the corner, find a good vantage, and pick them off. The AI is set up with different mindsets, you have grenadiers who bombard your position with grenades, you have normal people who run around shooting you, you have rushers who have melee weapons who bolt towards you and flank you when they can, and then there are snipers. Another type very few ever see are engineers, who place turrets all over the place. As well as flame thrower wielding enemies. Something I liked about the enemies is the fact if you shoot an enemy while they are throwing the grenade, they can miss throw it or even drop it on themselves. Also if you shoot a grenadiers backpack, it will blow up killing them (and if it's an elite, it won't allow them to throw grenades anymore).

It's easy to solo things when you get a hang of the abilities. But there are other items you can use. From Water, Soda and Canned food, to explosive bullets and incendiary rounds. Soda allows you to do 30% more damage to elite enemies for example, and is commonly found in backpacks. You also have medkits and a beavy of grenades, which are binded to the left and right on the D-Pad. Grenades consist of Frag, Incendiary, Stun, and Tear gas. There's also EMP and another one I can't remember, both of which aren't available.

I also played both solo and with my two brothers. The game works even better with partners, as you can synergize your abilities together, plus it's always fun to explore with company.

PvP is a love/hate for me. I went in at level cap to check it out. In the Dark Zones there are high level NPC's as well as other players who can go rogue on you or their own friend at any moment and steal your gear. You will see single or even bands of rogue players running around and killing players for their loot, which can become both fun and terrifying. For example I was playing alone and I was in a parking garage killing three npc's, I see on my HUD that 4 rogue players are coming down the other ramp across from me, so I quickly hide, and sneak my way past them because I had 6 rare items on me that I needed to extract. But it's not always so black and white, at extractions people will wait for the helicopter to arrive and then turn on you. Which can be frustrating.

But there is also the good side of it. Joining a group of players in a firefight they couldn't handle and helping them succeed, and then doin jumping jacks to show your gratitude back never gets old. In fact it's where the beauty of the game shines. There is a sports store in the dark zone that is home to 12 elite npc's and two bosses. And you can get easily overwhelmed if you run in there. I can clear it solo, bht when I was walking by and heard someone on the mic being frustrated. I walked in and he was pinned down, so I went up a scaffolding outside, got to a window, busted it, and began sniping and covering him from my position. We both met up in the middle of it all and over the mic he was saying how awesome it was to see enemies dropping silently for no reason (I use a silenced sniper). We saluted eachother and actually stuck together for an hour before we both got off. To be successful in the dark zone you need to be aware of the fact it's a lawless place, once you get used to it you can thrive in it. I never go rogue and I have gotten probably over 200 items out successfully and maybe like 12.

The Loot

Good ole RNG. The loot drops are actually pretty decent most of the time, even from the start. Definitely a lot better then Destiny. More often then not I was getting gear that was much better then what I was using. Gear is tiered in the normal way, white is the lowest, yellow/gold is the highest.

As of right now, from spending time in the dark zone, I have one exotic gun and all legendary items including my secondary weapon and side arm. You can only find rare gear in the dark zone (in terms of highest rating, you can get greens but don't bother picking them up.) however you gather a currency for enemy kills that you can spend in checkpoints in located around the edges of the zone. In those checkpoints you can buy legendary gear; and each checkpoint has its own inventory, so check them all out. You can buy two exotic guns for a steep price in the one safe house located in the top right of the dark zone. The Assault Rifle is pretty great. Haven't gotten the shotgun.

The Map, the scale, and the atmosphere

The map given to you in the beta, as small as it is, dear lord it takes a few minutes to get to somewhere. Which wouldn't be so bad if there we so little things to kill on the way there. It's my one gripe with this game. There's very few enemies to actually fight. I can walk from one end to the other and kill one group.

But walking in this, genuinely gorgeous representation of a ruined New York is something incredible. The atmosphere is well presented at all sections. The dynamic weather mechanic can make for some gorgeous scenery and interesting back drops for fire fights. Running throw a blizzard while fighting in the dark zone is even more rewarding, assuming you win. And the fact weather effects visibility (even making the reticle not turn red as a result, meaning; you don't know if your hitting something or not) is pretty cool. The Darkzone is even more grim, as soon as you step in the color palette becomes more grey, there are burnt bodies and bag everywhere, exploded buildings, everything on fire, it genuinely looks creepy. Especially the damn subways. If you want to be creeped out, head into the subways in the dark zone. There are also quarantine zones and buildings that are equally as ominous.

Customization

Although not available in the Beta, it has been shown that the customization for your characters face is pretty decent. You can also customize your character in various ways. The gear you get changes your gloves, backpack. Knee pads. And body armor. But then there are cosmetic slots like hats and jackets, scarves and boots, under shirts and pants. All of which can be found from killing enemies or helping civilians around the city.

I wish I could show my gameplay footage on here, and I might do some streaming on my Xbox to show off how the game plays at the top end of the beta. Nothing is a bullet sponge at that point (except for bosses, which is understandable.) People keep saying enemies are bullet sponges. Destiny bosses are 1000x worse then the bosses in this game, and enemies go down a lot quicker too in The Division. At first it's not that way, but it quickly becomes easy

8/10, having a lot of fun

This game is pretty damn fun. And it's the first, and currently only mobile game in which I have felt compelled to buy things from. For good reason. The game doesn't feel pay to win at all, it's just a hard grind at early levels.

But overall it's a fun tactical game with some RPG elements. Looks great too and plays very well. Never had a crash or freeze and they keep making good fixes.

Anyone play it?

Could you imagine the US military looking like THIS

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/01/18/ballistic-mandalorian-armor/





And guess what, it's an actual production prototype

If you haven't had flan you really need to reassess your life

Find your local Spanish restaurant and buy that shit, you'll thank me

Amy other desserts that are God tier?

Nvm

But ffs everything is even more expensive then before, and with the new update coming out I won't afford shit.

And I'm not about to spend real money lol.

I wish people were still doing the $999m glitch, that made the game so much better

Gorgeous Friday morning

https://youtu.be/v2lYngiei6I?list=PLQ2uc-bCRaPfjdSfJnb7dXgsA3DBuKtzv&t=3491

Bottom left in the chat

"Rocketman287: IGPR look for a can jumping around"

If so, holy shit what are the odds that I would actually know the random person in an old ass video lol

Just dropped, any thought so far?

Caged Birds is gooooooooood

It contains Omen, Bas, J Cole, Cozz, and lute

I started off with playing Hockey. At around 4 my brother taught me how to skate in our garage, from then I played Ice and Roller (Roller for the first 3, Ice for the remaining 8 ). When I was 15 the team I was on got dissolved for some stupid reason, we had won 3 of the last 4 tournaments we played in. I played Right Wing, and was captain the final year. I only played one year for my HS.

Then I started playing soccer, I had always played but never for a club, I've played since. Early on I was a fairly strong player, So I started as a right back. Although I did well, It became very clear I was more useful in an attacking role, as I had a knack for scoring on the top of the box on corners, and would frequently make runs up the pitch. I was then moved to a left wing/left mid position. I'm right footed but could cross on my left and preferred cutting in when it came to an attacking run. But after an injury I lost quite a bit of weight (20 pounds). I also started playing more dimensional rather then bolting down the sideline. I asked to play in an attacking midfielder position when the current starter got injured. And then from then on I've played there. I'm not a striker, I need space, and I'm not technically gifted in terms of flair or fancy tricks. But I'm good at distributing the ball and curling in shots from outside. So it fit.

How about you guys? I really don't know how many of you have played sports, or still play sports. Being the general anti sport vibe of this website (and the internet in general) I'm curious to see what history you guys have when it comes to playing a sport.

Just had a little run with it on an open road. I used to think it looked worst then the SLS AMG, since they are comparable and successor/predecessors of each other. I still prefer the SLS AMG in terms of aesthetics, but man, its a good looking car. I'm not a Mercedes guy either.


GTS



SLS

But god damn.

I'm walking through the hallway to my apartment. Long hallway, rooms right and left, my door at the end of the hall. I had just gotten done working out so I'm obviously sweaty and not really trying to look good. Four doors down from mine on the left side theres a group of like 7 people going into there room. And I hear someone say something like "You like cute hispanic guys, right?" didn't hear, didn't hear, and then "What about him", then I walked by, and then as i'm opening my door all I hear is "He's ugly as fuck" and then group laughter.

*sigh*, couldn't have waited until they got into their room could they. Bitches these days...

So yeah, just kinda here like shit lol. Not sure if I should be pissed or embarrassed. I hope I see one of them in the elevator tommorow

What now