Kal-El814

25 minutes ago, Brian said:

Twitter starts doling out 'official' checkmarks - again | Engadget

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So grey is official and free and blue will be paid and fake? Lolololololol

I mean... for now.

DeSantis looks like a possessed Madam Tussaud's wax statue that got stuck mid transition and needs to elected POTUS to become a real human boy.

5 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

DeSantis is still in the Naval Reserves, and he's pretty plump - I'm not sure he is passing his semi-annual physical fitness assessment.  Max body fat % for those over 40 is 26%.  

More like Desandeeznuts

19 minutes ago, JPDunks4 said:

I tried the 2nd stage on my next play through and survived the 30 minutes with the 1st Character, then tried again and did the same with the 2nd character.  But got 1 shot by Death each time.

 

Think I have a decent build to get me to 30 minutes pretty easily each time aboujt 11 total runs in.  Now just need to maximize gold so i can keep upgrading everything.

You're gonna get trucked by Death forever without super specific builds that you won't be able to unlock without going through the stages, just FYI

2 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said:

I don't think Twitter makes it past the weekend.

but if 5.5 billion people make parody accounts Twitter pays for itself

2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Every time a new really awesome-looking box set gets released, I say to myself, "Hell yeah!  Now is the time that I'm actually gonna get involved in this hobby!  I swear I REALLY mean it this time!"

 

Then I watch an unboxing video and see all of those many, many sprues of plastic and I realize that I have to extract them from the sprue and assemble them.  And prime them.  And paint them.  And then after that, buy a really thick and heavy codex to learn the rules.  And then buy something to transport the miniatures to and from the LGS.  And then there's the terrain...

 

At that point, I just say to myself, "Yeah - I think I'll just stick to video games."  

It’s a completely fair point. 
 

I have most Rebel and Imp units in Legion because I like to paint and I get it on the table a few times a year but most army scale games that use an IP are expensive from both a financial and time POV. Legion has a skirmish mode which makes things more palatable but if you’re new to the hobby… my guess is that the Shatterpoint core box will be $100 - $125, a decent paint starter set from someone like Vallejo will be $35 plus a rattlecan to prime, $6 for plastic cement, and maybe something like $15 for a couple decent brushes? And that’ll be to play the game with whatever scatter terrain comes with it and supplementing it with household objects and the like. So you’re pushing $200 before you get a foam insert for the core box to transport the thing. It’s a lot. 
 

I will say, things like GWs contrast paints / Army Painter’s speed paints / Scale 75’s Instant Paints, and the upcoming Xpress paint from Vallejo can get work as one coat solutions on top of a primer for something around a tabletop standard. But they’re no less expensive than “normal” paints. 
 

It’s a bummer because there’s a lot of gatekeeping in the hobby just because of cost, but it’s really fun to move little plastic figs on a table and roll dice to murder them. 

Just now, stepee said:

 

While this is totally all true, couldn’t they do that with like a sleigh?

True enough.

My guess is that the boat is a pretty reliable way to give the player some agency in where they're going but also lets the writers know a minimal amount of time to get from A to B on critical path story bits so they know how long to let NPCs and Kratos blab. When you're on land there are generally shortcuts you could make or it's possible you'll clear puzzles on the first go. And in the first game you can't die on the boat so you don't have the GTA problem of dying mid mission and hearing the same shit over and over.

2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

lol

 

HARDCORE TO THE MEGA

The main thing I've noticed gameplay wise since I recently finished a re-play of the last GoW game is that I feel like a weak little figurine compared to my end game Kratos.

48 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Considering the existence of Crisis Protocol from AMG and the increasing popularity of skirmish-type tabletop miniatures games (Kill Team, Warcry, Necromunda, Malifaux, etc.), it was absolutely inevitable that AMG would release a Star Wars skirmish title.  The skirmish-style games are sooooo very much more appealing to the an average/casual player than the full army-style games from both a cost and time investment perspective.

 

Personally, I'd be ALL OVER this in a heartbeat...if it didn't involve actually painting the models.

 

Unfortunately, I simply lack the patience, dedication, and concentration necessary to paint the models with anything resembling the due care that they deserve.  I realize that I could pay someone to paint them for me, but that would quickly amount to being quite an expensive proposition on top of the costs of the hobby itself.

Have you ever found yourself thinking, "hmm I have too much money and time on my hands!" Painting minis might be the hobby for you!

32 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

I wonder if Musk's legal counsel will just urge him to take the L and close it all down or risk all of this additional legal jeopardy with the government?

What legal consequences has he ever faced for any of his shenanigans? Why would he bother doing anything other than what he wants to do at any given time?

5 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Kal deleted a bunch of stuff because you said it was a spoiler.

I didn't delete anything. I edited all referenced to my initial post based on best's comment. I didn't touch anything @Greatoneshere wrote. No idea what happened there.

RIP

Jesus Christ.

16 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

That's a spoiler for me so awesome. 

Never in a million years would I have considered this a spoiler, or I’d have marked it. Apologies. 
 

I’ll do that now. 
 

1 hour ago, best3444 said:

It's definitely a spoiler imo. Kal doesn't give a shit though. 

Right that’s it. 

Mother of god

Wade I need enough time between posts for a decent refractory period and a cigarette, you’re killing me. 

The house I bought a few years back has a very small one in the backyard. Maybe 18’ in diameter, only goes to about 5’ deep. Basically a big hot tub, but not hot.  So it’s not good for actual swimming but it’s great to cool off in and because it’s so tiny the maintenance is easy and it heats up quickly in the spring and fall when the weather doesn’t do that naturally in New England. 

2 hours ago, stepee said:

 

Definitely would love to flop mine on the table next to my boys.

Our boy's had it rough, be sure you only pull out enough to win. Don't wanna show him up.

Just now, stepee said:

I’m not sure if I’ll do the opening tonight or not or wait until tomorrow after work for my 3 day weekend.  

 

Is it worth checking it out for an hour session or would I be better to wait until my first session can be longer? I don’t want to have to pull myself away in the middle of crazy stuff happening. 

There's a decently clean break about an hour in.

I got the God of War controller for max theme, arrived today also. It's nice.

1 minute ago, Jason said:

 

Oh yeah I thought we were talking Herschel.

Yeah, sorry. Said that in my initial post, just got lost in the quote train.

Just now, Jason said:

 

When/where/for what office?

For President.

Just now, Jason said:

Walker has tried for office before?

Yes, the campaign just died on the vine very early based on polling.