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(51 replies, posted in Off Topic)

I want to get hype, but I promised myself I wouldn't get hyped for anything announced today. Y U do dis Eddie? hmm

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(1 replies, posted in Creations)

Nice, I enjoyed it.

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(142 replies, posted in Off Topic)

I've tried both, neither will do anything besides load/spin.

Edit: Suddenly working, don't know why.

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(142 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Is BDA's compilation broken for anyone else? It won't play for me.

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(142 replies, posted in Off Topic)

You should stitch those all into one long string. Also, listening to them just makes me miss Dorkman more.  sad

Hey, we coulda done that instead of walking up a shit ton of hills. Seems like a better use of our time.

I get ya Writhyn, I have the same problem with The Dark Knight. For most people Heath Ledger's Joker carries the movie for them, but I just can't get past how little sense that movie makes. I just can't suspend my disbelief enough. TFA still works for me, but after Han's death I kinda just sit back and wait for the movie to end.

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(7 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

If you can gets me an actual map to work with, that would be nice.

Writhyn wrote:

1) Despite Dameron being a high-value prisoner, after being shot down, nobody checks to make sure they're dead. Literally nothing was stopping a pilot from flying over and checking the wreckage.

Who says they didn't? Neither of them ended up anywhere near the crash, so there would be no life signs if they did. And troopers seem to be looking for them along side the droid.

Writhyn wrote:

2) While I DO buy the Force granting a certain level of reflexive ability in piloting ships, I do not buy that having the force allows Rey to fly a ship when she has no idea what any of the buttons actually do. I don't care if she played in broken ships all her life. Luke and Anakin had some experience with flying SOMETHING. The force simply granted them better reflexes.

Rey repeatedly mentions she's a pilot. She knows how to fly and has flown before. She's also very intimate with the inner workings of the Falcon and it's modifications. She's at the very least worked on it if not flown it before.

Writhyn wrote:

3) The first thing they run into after leaving the planet's atmosphere is Han and Chewie's barge (that DOES make sense, since the Falcon's beacon let him know it was flying again). Soooo....where is the First Order? They just lost fighters to the Falcon. They knew the droid was on the ship that just took off from Jakku, but instead of the Order meeting them with their whacking giant ships, it's Han and Chewie who find them. Then gangsters. The first order conveniently fade from the story.

It's hard to track people through hyperspace. Han and Chewie know the Falcon and how to find it and are actively looking, so they find them first. The gangsters are looking for Han and have been tracking him. Seems plausible.

Writhyn wrote:

4) The lightsaber is on the same planet that Han goes to for information. Which allows Rey to find it. Please. MAYBE Luke foresaw that Rey would find it because Force, but that's iffy.

This kinda shit is a staple of Star Wars, the Force manipulates fate.

Writhyn wrote:

5) The bad guys make the same damn mistake the empire made before. I've said this before, it makes for IDIOTIC, WEAK, LAME villains who build a bigger death star with a nearly identical weakness. Convenient. This, ultimately, is what broke the movie for me. I was willing to shut my brain off for the other conveniences, but this was too much. It's why the 3rd act is weak, because we've seen all this, but more importantly, because the villains are no longer a threat. It's even the perfect setup for a "gotcha" false-resolution, but nope.

6) Phasma could have single-handedly prevented the entire mission from succeeding by pressing an alarm while she was in the computer. But she was afraid to die, I guess? Despite the years of conditioning (which failed on Finn, I know, but there was absolutely NOTHING to foreshadow Phasma being a pushover). Her complacency is a glaringly bad Deus ex Machina that allows the good guys to win.

7) The section of the map that bb-8 has is relatively a GIGANTIC CHUNK of the galaxy. There's no way the resistance couldn't have pinpointed exactly where luke was based solely on that section alone. That's like if the only info I had to find someone was an address on a map of New York state, but I couldn't find it because the rest of the USA wasn't on the map. Oh, and I can't use another map of the States because reasons.

This stuff bothered me too, but y'all already know I don't like the 3rd act. It's about on par with RotJ though. And while I understand the holo-maps basically shorthand to help the audience understand that we only have a piece of it and need the rest, I felt it could have been done much better.

Writhyn wrote:

Those are the main contrivances I saw. I know there are deleted scenes and a novelization that explains some of the stuff, but screw that. A good movie is responsible for being coherent on its own. Supplemental material can enrich the experience, but it shouldn't be necessary.

Maybe you don't think these are bad, but, in my opinion, they make for a bad movie.

Pure subjectivity.

If this is a bad movie, then so it RotJ. They basically have the same problems. Sure, this could have been better, even a lot better; But I don't think it's bad either. It's a perfectly serviceable Star Wars movie, and it's ok to not have a polarized option on it.

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

I'm good to go.

Nice write-up. The way this simplifies and explains a lot of important coding aspects is great. As a bit of an "editor's note:" It's not immediately clear that the "six inches in front of my nose" thing is part of the metaphor, I briefly pictured you trying to code with your face pressed against the screen. Unless you actually did go temporarily blind, then carry on.

Also, the way you format your curly braces is insane.

Same, the pee in the pool metaphor made me actually laugh out loud.

Also, technically you're still sending voltages, but they're carrying a digital signal instead of an analog one.

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(5 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

Yayyy! I got quite the kick out of trying to burn a boat down.

BigDamnArtist wrote:

our illustrious dm

Illustrious is my favorite epithet. It's just such a cool word.

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

I'm ok with skipping, I've got a busy week coming up and wouldn't mind getting some stuff done today.

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(670 replies, posted in Creations)

That's fucking badass.

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

I'm good to go.

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(149 replies, posted in Off Topic)

I'm playing XCOM 2. So much XCOM 2. If you like XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Or Enemy Within), you'll like XCOM 2.

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

Totally forgot it was the super bowl this weekend. I've got plans to watch the game with some friends, so if we want to play we'd have to start pretty late. hmm

Edit: best guess is we'd start 2ish hours later than normal

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(16 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Scott Pilgrim. They spend most of the commentary talking about the movie in the context of the comics, but none of them had read the comics. As a result, if you have read the comics, it's super frustrating to listen to as they keep making (incorrect) assumptions about the comics to keep the discussion going.

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(670 replies, posted in Creations)

It can rise wherever it wants if it keeps making those god rays. Nice.

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

I'm sort of in the same boat as Boter. Spent the last three days moving into a new house and I'm exhausted. I'd love to do something to relax and unwind, but I don't know if I'm up to running Shadowrun.

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(670 replies, posted in Creations)

BigDamnArtist wrote:

Last one. I swear.

Aw hell naw. Keep 'em coming man

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

I'm good to go, also down for playing Actual Cannibal Shia LeBeouf or Fiasco if we're down people.

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

You missed out on a great time. As for Skype, go to advanced options and uncheck "Keep in taskbar when signed in."

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(242 replies, posted in Friends in Your Dungeon)

Anyone down for some Fiasco instead since last night was a bust?