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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Doctor Who

« on: July 10, 2014, 02:38:07 AM »

Matt Smith's run was ruined by the stupid story arcs that went on and on and on and made no sense whatsoever.

What didn't make sense?

The Angels Take Manhattan.

The Statue of Liberty is a fucking weeping angel. How did this happen? Was no one looking at it when it was moving? Really? Not even a bird? C'mon now Moffat.

No arguments there. 

Also, The Eleventh Hour. We learn that the cracks in the universe erase things from existence in a later episode. How the hell does Prisoner Zero then escape from one of these cracks??

It only erases you if it eats you.  The crack in Amelia's wall was long since died down and had finished erasing stuff.
It's also a wormhole, sort of.  Two parts of space-time that touch.  So it's technically a wormhole and can be traveled through.  But not when it's hot because then it emits time energy (as seen on the Byzanthian).

The energy itself was from the exploding Tardis.  Not sure how it wiped out every sun in the universe but it did.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Doctor Who

« on: July 10, 2014, 02:14:31 AM »

Matt Smith's run was ruined by the stupid story arcs that went on and on and on and made no sense whatsoever.

What didn't make sense?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3

« on: July 10, 2014, 02:13:42 AM »

Only when he got into the Avatar state, which is basically an "I win" mode.

Except for, you know, that time the it almost resulted in his death. Pretty far from an "i win" mode.

That scene really clashed with its depiction in the rest of the show.  Every other time Aang entered the Avatar state, he really was basically turning on God mode.  Attacks would bounce harmlessly off him.  He could rout entire armies.  Nothing could come even close to stopping him.  But then all of a sudden, at a moment when it would be dramatically convenient to put him in peril, oh, maybe the Avatar state isn't all that powerful after all?  Huh.  The only idea I have that might explain it is that maybe he's still vulnerable while he's just entering the Avatar state.  They certainly never addressed the discrepancy in the show.  And someone mentioned Korra's use of the Avatar state, and from what I've seen, it's been similarly nerfed for her.

Speaking of comparing the two shows, I'm halfway through Korra's second season, and at least so far, it's nowhere near as good as the first show.  It's not bad or anything, but it seems like they have no idea what they're doing with the show.  They lurch from weird sports-themed episodes to love triangles to warfare to spirituality so quickly that it's just like, well, they're making it up as they go along.  There's no focus.  And Korra herself, while a great character, isn't developed very well.  Most episodes just go, Korra does something rash and impulsive, Korra realizes that's bad, rinse, repeat.  Does she have a really weird case of short-term memory loss or something?

The only thing I can think of with the Avatar State is that Aang was caught off guard.  He wasn't ready for an attack.  Probably still waking up from his meditation or something.  The attacks bounce off him only because he's so awesome he can block said attacks.  Remember, most of what get's thrown at him is other bending.  Things he can bend.  Someone chucks a rock at him, he flings the rock right back.  And because he's the Avatar, he's much stronger than the other person so his influence wins.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Shooting in Texas leaves 6 dead.

« on: July 10, 2014, 02:09:45 AM »

My wife was reading her Norwegian news site when she came across an article that happened today.

This is the story.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/multiple-fatalities-houston-area-shooting-24497032

So yeah, a Norwegian news paper picked up on this shooting and put it on the front page. 

Also this raises an interesting question:
Where was the good guy with a gun? 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Doctor Who

« on: July 09, 2014, 07:53:39 PM »

Wait until August 24th! 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: July 08, 2014, 06:08:52 PM »

It's possible to complete some quests out of order, and then it clashes with the overall storyline and stuff doesn't make sense later!  I helped out this Morag Tong lady on a quest, but I was supposed to do some other lower-level quest first, and now I'm being introduced to the Morag Tong lady like we've never met before.  Stop being such a theme park, game!

Making a game that detects other quest completion dynamically is labor intensive and making one quest require another is obnoxious from a gameplay perspective. I'm not really sure what you're expecting, Saddam. It's almost like you expected something that isn't an MMO and are now perturbed that you're playing an MMO.

Or just skip the introduction.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3

« on: July 06, 2014, 06:16:47 PM »

They never really addressed how benders originally got their bending in the original series.

Yes they did... multiple times. Fire came from dragons, water from the moon, earth from the mole, and air from bisons. The characters even state specifically that the first benders learned from the aforementioned creatures/spirit, it doesn't even attempt to leave it fuzzy enough for these turtles to teach anything but spirit bending, which is the way it should have stayed.

Yeah but where did those animals learn to bend?

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 06, 2014, 06:15:26 PM »

I finally managed to solve the problem with the wrong password thing.

When tapatalk asks for your username and password, he is actually asking for your email and password.

It worked at least for me, withoutnthe need to reseg the password.

I put in my forum login without e-mail and it worked.  Weird.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 06, 2014, 04:06:40 PM »

For some reason I can't find FES on the app.

EDIT: Nevermind, found it, but I'm starting to get annoyed by this app more with each passing moment. It won't let me sign in to the forum. It says "Snupes" doesn't exist, but then when I try to sign in under "Supertails" it says my password is incorrect (I assure you it is not; even reset it for good measure).

Are you sure you're on the right forum?
It could be that it's seeing OTHER FES forum.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 06, 2014, 02:46:45 PM »

I'm using it now.

My reaction: meh.
The interface isn't bad and typing is certainly easier than typing in a form box object on Opera but that's about it.  I see no other benefits for myself.

I would add that having all your forums in one place and push notifications are a plus.

I only visit 2 so for me, it's not really an issue.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 06, 2014, 01:52:14 PM »

I'm using it now.

My reaction: meh.
The interface isn't bad and typing is certainly easier than typing in a form box object on Opera but that's about it.  I see no other benefits for myself.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 05, 2014, 08:00:58 PM »

I can zoom in, sure, but I'd rather not have to adjust the page size every single time I click a link, and I'm not gonna change text/page size permanently just because FES is tiny. It's not unusable and I browse it on mobile all the time, it could just be much less of a pain.

Fair enough.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 05, 2014, 04:19:13 PM »

I have no idea what kind d of problems exist on a mobile browser for you.  I use opera mobile on this forum constantly and have no problems or difficulties. 

Supes, why is smaller bad?  Can't you just zoom in?

There is nothing stopping you from enjoying the site in the unmodified state that you do even if this is enabled. For those that are interested there are advantages, otherwise, why would anyone bother making mobile versions of anything? Furthermore, its massively convenient to have a powerful app where all the fora that you use across the internet are can be accessed. It's as easy, if not easier than using the site on the desktop.

I can't wait til you guys make this available if you do. I use it all the time for many other forums and it works massively well. I get notifications when discussions I'm in have new comments and replying to them is so much easier from the app than it would be otherwise, especially on the go.

I'm not against it, just wondering what problems supes is having.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« on: July 05, 2014, 03:00:55 PM »

From the point of view of the retailer they cant price things in bitcoin because its price is highly volatile.

As long as there is an exchange rate the price of bitcoins is irrelevant. Furthermore, price fluctuations are due to the market being small. Since bitcoin is better than any current system, the market will become exponentially bigger and the fluctuations will drop to that of USD (around 1-3%).

Citation needed.

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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app

« on: July 05, 2014, 12:43:37 PM »

I have no idea what kind d of problems exist on a mobile browser for you.  I use opera mobile on this forum constantly and have no problems or difficulties. 

Supes, why is smaller bad?  Can't you just zoom in?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: July 04, 2014, 04:50:33 AM »

I havent played much of Eve due to how demanding it is, but from what I have played and what I have read about it: it seems like an amazing MMO. The immersion alone is a selling point for me.

That's part of why I don't like it.
It's so immersive it's more like a second life than a fun adventure. 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: July 04, 2014, 04:37:26 AM »

Main stories are counter intuitive to an MMO with the goal being "get the player to play for a long time", yes. However, I think there is demand for story and no one has figured out how to make a good story without it being an episodic adventure. I think they think because all games have one they would fail without it. I'd like a rich gameworld with lots of lore where you're not the main character or integral to the main story of the game. It would be cool to see the world changing around you without any sort of input from yourself, but that would be impossible for an mmo.

I am a little drunk.

Most war MMOs work that way.  You're a solider and you just fight.
EVE is like that too.
Fantasy style MMOs, however, demand story.  The key is to make the story vague and unending enough that while you don't "save the day" you do at least help.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: July 04, 2014, 04:00:06 AM »

It seems to me that they could have easily just had the story be "You just escaped from the afterlife/Oblivion/whatever along with a whole bunch of other souls.  You and your fellow souls are now the only ones who can enter Oblivion and stop whatever plot is afoot."

Then just have raids be "you've slowed down the Daedra and bought Tamriel a little more time."

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online

« on: July 03, 2014, 02:25:51 PM »

That's not what Skyrim and Oblivion did.  They leveled the enemies alongside the player.

*reads up on it*
Yeah OK. Didn't notice it I guess.

This can't work in an MMO, though, unless you instance level ranges. 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3

« on: July 03, 2014, 02:23:55 PM »

Only when he got into the Avatar state, which is basically an "I win" mode.

Except for, you know, that time the it almost resulted in his death. Pretty far from an "i win" mode.

Yes. If you catch the Avatar unaware of your attack then he will be hit.