I don't really consider sitting in a good spot and mowing down people rushing down a corridor at me going out of my way to get kills, but I brought it up more to point out that Bastion suits my play-style for gunfights: take the superior vantage point.
Which was, for this round, sitting atop of a slowly-moving truck, like a good turret.
@Kanye-Qwest said in Good or New Movies Review:
And not for nothing, Iron Fist is not just a rich boy turned martial arts vigilante. He's the rich son of a rich man who discovered a mystical city where everything is martial arts, honor and dragons and everything is Chinesey. There he becomes the bestest of all the scrubby native students, and duels a dragon that burns a dragon tattoo on his chest, and learns how to channel his Chi into an amazing IRON FIST.
Being Chinese, this fills me with an immense amount of loathing. That said, if they could make Kingpin and Stick compelling ...
@HorrorHound said in Fallout 4:
http://m.imgur.com/gallery/USvNDq6
...Challenge Accepted.
"If it's any consolation, you've certainly put a smile on my face."
@Arkandel said in Overwatch, anyone?:
I have an XBox One but I'm terribad at using controllers. Just not used to the damn things versus mouse+keyboard.
Does your computer have the ability to run Overwatch? If not, you have but one option to play.
Unlike Call of Duty games, Overwatch doesn't rise and fall on twitchy-headshot reactions. I'm not good at FPSs, but I had a lot of fun playing Overwatch's novice-level characters. I'm decent with a controller -- I haven't done Mouse + KB in 15 years -- but I wouldn't consider myself able to tackle the average 12-year-old in CoD.
I'd rent it, and give it a shot. See if you like it. Start off by taking Soldier 76 or Bastion if you want to pew-pew-pew, Mercy if you want to support, or Reinhardt if you want to tank.
You wouldn't want it to be. Mouse + KB peeps would have a distinct advantage.
@Bobotron said in RPG Percentile Mechanics:
This is what I'm fiddling with, using a number comparison to get the percentage. For example, attacker has a total of 10. Defender has a defense total of 10. Net 0, so you end up with 50%. Same scenario, but defender has a defense of 6. You have a total of 4, and the attacker then has a net bonus. So saying 5% increase per difference, you have 70%. Conversely, Attacker 10 and Defender 14, removes that down to 30%. 5% per differential is probably too high in most situations, and then you have to account for anything and everything you have that gives a bonus.
I've brewed up a simpler system based on Blood Bowl's mechanics:
In combat, compare applicable stats. If the attacker's total is greater, he can roll 2 dice and pick the one that applies; if the attacker's total is double or greater, he can roll 3 dice and pick the one that applies. If the attacker's total is less, he rolls 2 dice and the defender picks the one that applies; if the attacker's total is half or less, he rolls 3 dice and the defender picks the one that applies. If the totals are even, one die is roll, and the result applies. Each die is a d6, and you must roll a 4 or greater.
I wanted a system that: (1) was easy to figure out; (2) always had a chance for failure; and (3) always had a chance for success.
I've wanted to implement it because ... it's easy to figure out. The overpowering party is likely to win, but there's a small chance of victory for the little person, always.
@mietze said in Retail "Horror" Stories:
WIC does not cover diapers (or at least didn't when I was a foster parent). That's why there's always a huge huge ask for diaper donations to private foodbanks. Food stamps doesn't either, IIRC (or didn't then, but I never used food stamps only WIC vouchers, but I seem to recall other longer term fosters saying it didn't).
This, I learned from Eminem.
@tce said in Retail "Horror" Stories:
Heh, when I was a kid my dad would always obsess over putting the items on the belt in the order he wanted them in the bags. I still do it today, I can't not.
I like to control this too, so I go to the self-checkout area.
I fucking hate people that do the same to a cashier or bag boy. Fuck you.
... this may sound bad, but can I get some suggestions? I feel like I need a good cry.
This first 5 minutes of Up ought to do it.
Or the opening sequence of The Last of Us. You can find it on YouTube.
Or the opening sequence of The Last of Us.
That. That was fucking heart wrenching.
Best 15 minutes of gaming I've played in years.
Just kidding. I've had my autocorrect pull this with her, so she knows my phone is the devil. But still.
Thank goodness you weren't suggesting having a pianist at that recital.
For a medieval fight without CGI, my money goes to Branagh's Henry V. Doubly-so because he really made Shakespeare's history come alive.
Also, without CGI: Star Wars, Episode 6: the Battle of Endor. Still the best looking space battle ever.
Athlete's foot that won't go away. FFS, doctors, stop giving me this 1% stuff, bump it up to 50.
Try moisturizing it as well, hardcore. The fungus is part of the issue; the dehydrated, cracked skin is the other.
My doctor told me the opposite of this, stay barefoot, to keep them as dry as possible and that putting lotion on them insulates the fungus from drying out.
I think your doctor is full of shit. But, that's just me. I've had plenty of cases of the foot, and moisturizing my feet helped out immensely, along with Lotrimin.
Not sure if I said this yet, but Nickelodeon's TMNT seriously kicks ass. From the tiny nods to nerd-dom to the genuine darkness, it's really worth giving a watch if you have Hulu.
The repeated shout-outs to the 80s series and the original Eastman/Laird G-novels help.
@ThatOneDude said in RL Anger:
Right, WTF would a doctor know about medicine...
Given the number of times I've gone through cases where doctors screwed up treatment or had conflicting views regarding treatment, I'd say "very little." In this case, I was suggesting a different treatment.
I had a Lady MacBeth episode last night and went to town with the exfoliating cloth, things are looking much better.
Imagine that, right? Something worked that stripped away and dealt with all of the dry skin.
I love doctors. My brother's a doctor. But, no, doctors are not always right. And, if they were, he wouldn't have a job.
What's good for the summer now that GoT is over?
TMNT and X-Men cartoons.
