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just so you know, Larfleeze....

I have been religiously practicing Tuvan throat-singing ever since you linked that shit. I'm starting to get a pretty good hang of one technique.... sorta scratching the surface of a different, better one. I wanna learn the one with whistling on top, but that seems like it comes much later.

Auto-Correct is a Cure

for thread cancer.

Fighting mainstream by computer light

There is no single piece, nor any combination of pieces of that outfit which could constitute 'acceptable clothing' for any part, accumulation of parts, or whole of a human being.

nope nope nope nope

It's a left hand

I heard elder scrolls online is terrible

yeeeeeaaaaah none of that shit is even right. You're right -- that's why people don't like ESO. And some of these problems (like the grouping/phasing bs) lasted like three whole weeks... but it's patched the fuck out, game is good to go.

I heard elder scrolls online is terrible

Card said
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It's actually pretty active combat.... I mean it's still an MMO, there are still hotkey-skills, but only five of them (compared to the 12-50 skills/macros/whatever you normally see in these kind of games). Lots of dodging, active blocking, interrupting, you know, skyrim shit.

I heard elder scrolls online is terrible

ActRaiserTheReturned said
When you fight and kill enemies, You get 2 whole gold. Which would be awesome, if this was Dragon Age Online. It's not. It's Elderscrolls Online.

You played Beta, right? This is only true in beginner areas, since actual launch.

I heard elder scrolls online is terrible

Actively playing it. Lemme tell you what's up.

1. Cost: Yes, this game costs money. If that's a problem, don't play it. Currently on steam sale half off; for $30 you can get the game and a month's subscription.

2. Subscription fee is paying for massive content updates. Since launch, roughly 50 hours of pure story content has been added, and more is on the way.

3. The $20 to unlock horses and races is misleading. The game was launched with an 'Imperial edition' (special edition), which gave you access to the Imperial race (a universal foe of all three alliances, story-wise) and a cheap horse in-game. After launch, some people decided they wanted the horse but didn't want to pay for imperial edition -- so the 'Palomino Horse' was added as a stop-gap for people who wanted that. They've since added an Imperial Edition upgrade option, so the Palomino is irrelevant; in each case, the horses are worthless when compared to in-game mounts. The only advantage is that they're cheap, so you can have a horse for RP purposes when you start. These are the only paid items in the game; as I said, they're outclassed by the other mounts in the game.

4. Everyone says the game is mediocre because the launch was ****bad*****.. Bugs, bots, and bad reviews -- and that's all most people know about the game. All that shit is gone now. Here's what you should know:

1. The 'PvE' content -- quests, main plotline, team dungeons, monster hunting, exploration -- is some of the best in the industry. Really.

2. The writing is phenomenal. ESO's main plot makes Skyrim look like a saturday morning cartoon. But it's not just the main story -- there are 1500 missions, all fully voiced, all thoroughly well-written, all unique. None of that 'go find me 20 bear bungholes and return for XP' bullshit -- you'll be solving murders, conducting diplomacy, MAKING NORD MEAD, getting into prank wars with Khajiit -- good shit. BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN END THERE. In every corner of every map, there's more story and lore packed in than you can possibly imagine. There is so fucking much in this game. Seriously.

3. The PVP content -- fighting against other players -- is like nothing I've ever seen before. People compare it to Guild Wars 2, which I never played, but if you know what that is, apparently it's similar. It's *nuts*. Massive, massive, massive wars. Not perfectly balanced yet, but they're getting there.

4. The social aspect was part of the problem all along, it turns out. Everybody who hated the game has left, and ever since then, it's been a dream to play.

5. The future is looking really, really freakin' good. We're going to Black Marsh and Orsinium in Hrothgar (that's Argonians and Orcs). Rumor has it Elsweyr is next. Game-changing new features like open-world PVP/stealing/NPC-murder-sprees is coming soon in the 'Justice System.' Spellcrafting (from way back in Morrowind) is making a return. New animations, more complex zones, a 'Champion System' to let you take advantage of multiple characters and add more customization.....

Anyway I like it, if you didn't get that impression. If I get back on my main PC and you're still interested I'll dig out some screenshots.

It's been a good ride, Dandy.

Marik said
I’ll probably try and watch it on a weekly basis then. I’ve only been really tuning in to re-watch Gurren Lagann, and I’ve also been following One Piece since it’s so close to a point that I haven’t seen yet. But yeah, I’ve never stuck with Ghost in the Shell because whenever I’d tune in it’d be somewhere in the middle of the show and I’d have no context.

There's two kinds of episodes, 'stand-alone' and 'complex' (not to be confused with the 'Stand-Alone Complex,' a condition of copies or imitations of an original which does not actually exist). The 'Stand-alone' episodes often actually have no context at all, and contribute to character- or concept-development rather than plot. If you keep up with *all* of them, you're rewarded, but they're not strictly speaking essential to anything. It's like, 'What if we had a show about cybercops, but one episode we just look at this random joe instead and see the world through his eyes, and then maybe the cops show up eventually but who cares.'

It's been a good ride, Dandy.

Marik said
Ghost in the Shell on Toonami seemed like the most confusing "what the hell is this and what's happening" thing to me. Like, it was almost at Bleach levels of that. Tell me it's at least really good and I should just catch it on Netflix or something.

Stand-Alone Complex is, I think, one of the greatest works of fiction ever produced. 2nd Gig comes pretty close to matching the first.

It is hyper-intellectual, gritty, and super-violent, with strong characters and intricate plots..... in a word, genius. People are put-off by the high-voiced spider tanks though.