@Prequell said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
This is weirdly interesting
It is vexing.
I work really fucking hard, in my opinion. Work's been so busy that I haven't RPed in, like, a week and a half. I'm too busy to put up with bullshit gamesmanship.
This is why people hate lawyers, including other lawyers.
Liars.
You have no place in the practice of law. Stop doing it.
I recall the conference in chambers and what the judge ordered. Your proposed entry isn't even a football field within what he ordered, jackass. Now I have to get the Court back on the phone because of you.
You were suspended for two and a half years for lying to a client. I was willing to overlook that, but no more.
I will have your blood.
@silverfox said in RL things I love:
I saw Hamilton tonight. Nothing could have prepared me fore the emotional rollercoaster. It was so good I cannot describe my feelings fully.
@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
So uh, followup to the above: I got the job!
Congratulations!
@Jennkryst said in General Video Game Thread:
I re-started Horizon: Zero Dawn because of the 'What Games would you like to see?' thread, and am trying to figure out how you would even MU-it.
FS3. The combat engine would make large-scale robo-dino killing easier and more fulfilling. It'd be tough to get the aim-at-the-weak-point mechanics down, but I'm willing to sacrifice that for playing a survival-esque post-apoc robo-dino-riding game, hell yeah.
But I'm playing Divinity II right now, and am having a tough time engaging. I think I'm getting old.
@lordbelh said in RL things I love:
It was just a wonderful farewell with my gramps, and to the boat that I am now debating if I'm going to keep anyway. Though between it, and the dingy, and the boathouse, and helping keep grandma's house in order, my own place, I just.. bah! We'll see.
You are an astoundingly amazing person. I would have loved to get my sea legs back.
Letterkenny is surprisingly pleasing.
Pitter patter, folks.
@mietze said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I think the 18+ is a good move to be standardized. Though you know now that I examine it, given The Culture as a whole seems to be more supportive of staff banning/booting people for "just" violating a social policy standard, maybe it wouldnt be a bad time to allow for a HS aged place, with some very clear explanations/restrictions.
If you mean places that allow for PCs ages 17 and under, there are or were a couple of places that did this. I'm okay with that for the reasons you have stated.
@moth
What state do you live in?
The law firm of Ganymede, Rinel, & Saosmash, LPA might able to find an answer.
Quote from an email I received: “I was perplexed when you filed your summary judgment motion.”
Look, junior, it’s not my responsibility to explain why I do things. Maybe you should ask someone at your firm rather than thinking you know more about litigation tactics than me. I hope my terse explanation makes you realize how stupid you sounded.
Rookie.
@Pandora said in Accounting for gender imbalances:
'If they don't want to talk about it they can say so, we're all adults here'
I'd like to interject here to point out how much I hate this.
Adults don't go up to other adults and criticize a belief in the workplace. Do it in a bar, or at a party or something. Don't do it in a place where part of the audience is compelled to be polite to you out of professional courtesy..
'We're just talking about a holiday, it's not that big a deal'.
If it's not a big deal, then there's no need to bring it up in the workplace.
Seriously, I get irritated when people just plop into my office and talk politics. Bitch, I've got work to do. Get out of my face with your personal opinion; I'm nacho friend.
@Pandora said in Accounting for gender imbalances:
I'm kind of at the point of considering physical bodily harm the next time he starts speaking at work, but at the same time I'm hesitant to go to HR to file a grievance against someone I consider a friend.
If your other recourse is physically harming him, it sounds like you should not hesitate to file a grievance, which may be considered more appropriate and less painful to him.
If continuing with a team means risking a career-ending injury, then you would walk away from a serious paycheck and force them to trade you, which he did.
Money is always a factor. Plus, are the Clippers a contender? I don't think so.
In rumors,
The folks at ESPN made a good point. If Leonard signs a long-term supermax deal now, he could make $190M over five years with the Raptors or $140M over four years with another team, like the Clippers. But if he signs a long-term deal in 2021, when he'd have 10 years under him, he could make tens of millions more. With Lowry, Ibaka, FVV, and Siakam under contract next year, and Gasol all but assured to exercise his one year option, it makes more financial sense for Leonard to remain in Toronto for a couple of years.
@faraday said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I have nothing against folks who want a RPG/simulator with an equipment list. To each their own fun! But I disagree with the notion that these things are in some way essential to the RP experience.
Unfortunately, the Star Wars RPGs are pretty stat extensive. A corollary would be a D&D game with elves and dwarves and gnomes, but without the actual RPG, or a RP-intensive Battletech game, or a Final Fantasy game with no equipment or magic. Or Vampire: the Masquerade without stats.
Some settings have become tied over time to a system to the point where players expect certain system support.
@egg said in General Video Game Thread:
No, I always loved that FF7's ending left so much open to the player's imagination.
I'm glad you liked it.
I'm not really a demanding lover, but I prefer it when my climaxes take longer than a couple of minutes to conclude, though.
Just saying.
@egg said in General Video Game Thread:
I personally think FF7 is more popular than FF6 for a reason, and only has a little bit to do with "advanced" graphics or whatever: FF7 is more unique, especially setting-wise and tonally, and especially for the time, in the JRPG arena than FF6
FF7 owes a lot of its popularity to the fact that it was the first FF released for the PS. That aside, it was the first FF game that allowed you to customize the magic and skill set for your PCs without having to flip jobs constantly. FF6 was pretty close with learning magic, but FF7 brought more customization with the Materia system, which ended up being a template for later games like FF9.
Let me just say that I do like FF7 and I respect that it is a ground-breaking game. It deserves all of the props it gets, no doubt. In my opinion, Square Enix's zenith games are FF 6, 7, and 8.
But that ending, ffs.
@Ghost said in General Video Game Thread:
Duck Tales NES music > FF6 music
I like The Advantage's covers just as much as anyone else, but you're completely off.
@Arkandel said in The Basketball Thread:
Frankly I don't think you can overpay for a guy like AD when you already have a superstar in his 30s.
That's what I was getting at. The Raptors didn't overpay for Leonard, and the Lakers haven't overpaid for Davis. The Lakers made the right move, given the Warriors' anticipated weakness in the upcoming season.
Frankly, I don't think the Lakers are worse off without Ball and Hart. Losing Ingram hurt, but now James can slip back into SF. Davis sits at C with Kuzma at PF. Now you just need to shore up your guards.
And word is that Irving may want to chase with James and Davis.